Al Qiyamat
Chapter 75, 40 verses
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Saheeh International
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Transliteration
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Arabic, with marks
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Pickthall
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Word by word
Saheeh International
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
Transliteration
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
Arabic, with marks
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ لَا أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ
Pickthall
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;
Word by word
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ
Saheeh International
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
Transliteration
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
Arabic, with marks
وَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالنَّفْسِ اللَّوَّامَةِ
Pickthall
Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).
Word by word
وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ
Saheeh International
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
Transliteration
Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu
Arabic, with marks
أَيَحْسَبُ الْإِنسَانُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُ
Pickthall
Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?
Word by word
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ
Saheeh International
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
Transliteration
Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu
Arabic, with marks
بَلَىٰ قَادِرِينَ عَلَىٰ أَن نُّسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهُ
Pickthall
Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!
Word by word
بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ
Saheeh International
But man desires to continue in sin.
Transliteration
Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
Arabic, with marks
بَلْ يُرِيدُ الْإِنسَانُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُ
Pickthall
But man would fain deny what is before him.
Word by word
بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ
Saheeh International
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
Transliteration
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
Arabic, with marks
يَسْأَلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ
Pickthall
He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?
Word by word
يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ
Saheeh International
So when vision is dazzled
Transliteration
Faitha bariqa albasaru
Arabic, with marks
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ الْبَصَرُ
Pickthall
But when sight is confounded
Word by word
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ
Saheeh International
And the moon darkens
Transliteration
Wakhasafa alqamaru
Arabic, with marks
وَخَسَفَ الْقَمَرُ
Pickthall
And the moon is eclipsed
Word by word
وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ
Saheeh International
And the sun and the moon are joined,
Transliteration
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
Arabic, with marks
وَجُمِعَ الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ
Pickthall
And sun and moon are united,
Word by word
وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ
Saheeh International
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
Transliteration
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
Arabic, with marks
يَقُولُ الْإِنسَانُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ الْمَفَرُّ
Pickthall
On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
Word by word
يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ
Saheeh International
No! There is no refuge.
Transliteration
Kalla la wazara
Arabic, with marks
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ
Pickthall
Alas! No refuge!
Word by word
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ
Saheeh International
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
Transliteration
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru
Arabic, with marks
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ الْمُسْتَقَرُّ
Pickthall
Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.
Word by word
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ
Saheeh International
Man will be that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
Transliteration
Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara
Arabic, with marks
يُنَبَّأُ الْإِنسَانُ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ
Pickthall
On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.
Word by word
يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ
Saheeh International
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
Transliteration
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
Arabic, with marks
بَلِ الْإِنسَانُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِ بَصِيرَةٌ
Pickthall
Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
Word by word
بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌ
Saheeh International
Even if he presents his excuses.
Transliteration
Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
Arabic, with marks
وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُ
Pickthall
Although he tender his excuses.
Word by word
وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ
Saheeh International
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.
Transliteration
La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi
Arabic, with marks
لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِ
Pickthall
Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.
Word by word
لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ
Saheeh International
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
Transliteration
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu
Arabic, with marks
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُ وَقُرْآنَهُ
Pickthall
Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.
Word by word
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ
Saheeh International
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
Transliteration
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
Arabic, with marks
فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَاهُ فَاتَّبِعْ قُرْآنَهُ
Pickthall
And when We read it, follow thou the reading;
Word by word
فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ
Saheeh International
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
Transliteration
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
Arabic, with marks
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُ
Pickthall
Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.
Word by word
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ
Saheeh International
No! But you love the immediate
Transliteration
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
Arabic, with marks
كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ الْعَاجِلَةَ
Pickthall
Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
Word by word
كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ
Saheeh International
And leave the Hereafter.
Transliteration
Watatharoona alakhirata
Arabic, with marks
وَتَذَرُونَ الْآخِرَةَ
Pickthall
And neglect the Hereafter.
Word by word
وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ
Saheeh International
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
Transliteration
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
Arabic, with marks
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ
Pickthall
That day will faces be resplendent,
Word by word
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ
Saheeh International
Looking at their Lord.
Transliteration
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
Arabic, with marks
إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ
Pickthall
Looking toward their Lord;
Word by word
إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ
Saheeh International
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
Transliteration
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
Arabic, with marks
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ بَاسِرَةٌ
Pickthall
And that day will other faces be despondent,
Word by word
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌ
Saheeh International
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
Transliteration
Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun
Arabic, with marks
تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ
Pickthall
Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.
Word by word
تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ
Saheeh International
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
Transliteration
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
Arabic, with marks
كَلَّا إِذَا بَلَغَتِ التَّرَاقِيَ
Pickthall
Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
Word by word
كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ
Saheeh International
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
Transliteration
Waqeela man raqin
Arabic, with marks
وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍ
Pickthall
And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?
Word by word
وَقِيلَ مَنْ رَاقٍ
Saheeh International
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
Transliteration
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
Arabic, with marks
وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ الْفِرَاقُ
Pickthall
And he knoweth that it is the parting;
Word by word
وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ
Saheeh International
And the leg is wound about the leg,
Transliteration
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
Arabic, with marks
وَالْتَفَّتِ السَّاقُ بِالسَّاقِ
Pickthall
And agony is heaped on agony;
Word by word
وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ
Saheeh International
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
Transliteration
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
Arabic, with marks
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ الْمَسَاقُ
Pickthall
Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
Word by word
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ
Saheeh International
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
Transliteration
Fala saddaqa wala salla
Arabic, with marks
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ
Pickthall
For he neither trusted, nor prayed.
Word by word
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ
Saheeh International
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
Transliteration
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
Arabic, with marks
وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
Pickthall
But he denied and flouted.
Word by word
وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
Saheeh International
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
Transliteration
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
Arabic, with marks
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ يَتَمَطَّىٰ
Pickthall
Then went he to his folk with glee.
Word by word
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ
Saheeh International
Woe to you, and woe!
Transliteration
Awla laka faawla
Arabic, with marks
أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ
Pickthall
Nearer unto thee and nearer,
Word by word
أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ
Saheeh International
Then woe to you, and woe!
Transliteration
Thumma awla laka faawla
Arabic, with marks
ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ
Pickthall
Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).
Word by word
ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ
Saheeh International
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
Transliteration
Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan
Arabic, with marks
أَيَحْسَبُ الْإِنسَانُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى
Pickthall
Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?
Word by word
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى
Saheeh International
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
Transliteration
Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna
Arabic, with marks
أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِيٍّ يُمْنَىٰ
Pickthall
Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?
Word by word
أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِىٍّ يُمْنَىٰ
Saheeh International
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
Transliteration
Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa
Arabic, with marks
ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
Pickthall
Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned
Word by word
ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
Saheeh International
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
Transliteration
FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
Arabic, with marks
فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ الزَّوْجَيْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالْأُنثَىٰ
Pickthall
And made of him a pair, the male and female.
Word by word
فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ
Saheeh International
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?
Transliteration
Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta
Arabic, with marks
أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَادِرٍ عَلَىٰ أَن يُحْيِيَ الْمَوْتَىٰ
Pickthall
Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?
Word by word
أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْۦِىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ