Chapter 75, 40 verses
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu
Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu
Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!
But man desires to continue in sin.
Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
But man would fain deny what is before him.
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?
So when vision is dazzled
Faitha bariqa albasaru
But when sight is confounded
And the moon darkens
Wakhasafa alqamaru
And the moon is eclipsed
And the sun and the moon are joined,
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
And sun and moon are united,
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
No! There is no refuge.
Kalla la wazara
Alas! No refuge!
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru
Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.
Man will be that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara
On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
Even if he presents his excuses.
Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
Although he tender his excuses.
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.
La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi
Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu
Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
And when We read it, follow thou the reading;
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.
No! But you love the immediate
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
And leave the Hereafter.
Watatharoona alakhirata
And neglect the Hereafter.
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
That day will faces be resplendent,
Looking at their Lord.
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
Looking toward their Lord;
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
And that day will other faces be despondent,
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun
Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
Waqeela man raqin
And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
And he knoweth that it is the parting;
And the leg is wound about the leg,
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
And agony is heaped on agony;
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
Fala saddaqa wala salla
For he neither trusted, nor prayed.
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
But he denied and flouted.
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
Then went he to his folk with glee.
Woe to you, and woe!
Awla laka faawla
Nearer unto thee and nearer,
Then woe to you, and woe!
Thumma awla laka faawla
Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan
Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna
Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa
Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
And made of him a pair, the male and female.
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?
Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta
Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?