Chapter 75, 40 verses
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
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 self - accusing soul.
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
But man desires to continue in sin.
Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
So when vision is dazzled
Faitha bariqa albasaru
So when the sight becomes dazed,
And the moon darkens
Wakhasafa alqamaru
And the moon becomes dark,
And the sun and the moon are joined,
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
No! There is no refuge.
Kalla la wazara
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
Man will be that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara
Man shall on that day be of what he sent before and (what he) put off.
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
Even if he presents his excuses.
Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
Though he puts forth his excuses.
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.
La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu
Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
No! But you love the immediate
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
Nay! But you love the present life,
And leave the Hereafter.
Watatharoona alakhirata
And neglect the hereafter.
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
Looking at their Lord.
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
Looking to their Lord.
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
Waqeela man raqin
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
And the leg is wound about the leg,
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
And affliction is combined with affliction;
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
Fala saddaqa wala salla
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
Woe to you, and woe!
Awla laka faawla
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
Then woe to you, and woe!
Thumma awla laka faawla
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna
Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa
Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?
Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta
Is not He able to give life to the dead?