Chapter 75, 40 verses
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بيوم القيامة
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu
أيحسب الإنسان ألن نجمع عظامه
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu
بلى قادرين على أن نسوي بنانه
But man desires to continue in sin.
Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
So when vision is dazzled
Faitha bariqa albasaru
فإذا برق البصر
And the moon darkens
Wakhasafa alqamaru
وخسف القمر
And the sun and the moon are joined,
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
وجمع الشمس والقمر
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
No! There is no refuge.
Kalla la wazara
كلا لا وزر
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru
إلى ربك يومئذ المستقر
Man will be that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara
ينبأ الإنسان يومئذ بما قدم وأخر
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Even if he presents his excuses.
Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.
La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi
لا تحرك به لسانك لتعجل به
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu
إن علينا جمعه وقرآنه
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
فإذا قرأناه فاتبع قرآنه
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
ثم إن علينا بيانه
No! But you love the immediate
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
And leave the Hereafter.
Watatharoona alakhirata
وتذرون الآخرة
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
Looking at their Lord.
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
إلى ربها ناظرة
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun
تظن أن يفعل بها فاقرة
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
Waqeela man raqin
وقيل من ۜ راق
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
وظن أنه الفراق
And the leg is wound about the leg,
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
والتفت الساق بالساق
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
Fala saddaqa wala salla
فلا صدق ولا صلى
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
ولكن كذب وتولى
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
ثم ذهب إلى أهله يتمطى
Woe to you, and woe!
Awla laka faawla
أولى لك فأولى
Then woe to you, and woe!
Thumma awla laka faawla
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan
أيحسب الإنسان أن يترك سدى
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna
ألم يك نطفة من مني يمنى
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa
ثم كان علقة فخلق فسوى
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
فجعل منه الزوجين الذكر والأنثى
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?
Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta
أليس ذلك بقادر على أن يحيي الموتى