I swear by the Day of Resurrection
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
আমি শপথ করি কেয়ামত দিবসের,
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by the Day of Resurrection.
Chapter 75, 40 verses
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
আমি শপথ করি কেয়ামত দিবসের,
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by the Day of Resurrection.
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
আরও শপথ করি সেই মনের, যে নিজেকে ধিক্কার দেয় -
And I swear by the self-reproaching person (a believer).
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu
মানুষ কি মনে করে যে আমি তার অস্থিসমূহ একত্রিত করব না?
Does man (a ) think that We shall not assemble his bones?
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu
পরন্ত আমি তার অংগুলিগুলো পর্যন্ত সঠিকভাবে সন্নিবেশিত করতে সক্ষম।
Yes, We are Able to put together in perfect order the tips of his fingers.
But man desires to continue in sin.
Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
বরং মানুষ তার ভবিষ্যত জীবনেও ধৃষ্টতা করতে চায়
Nay! Man (denies Resurrection and Reckoning. So he) desires to continue committing sins.
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
সে প্রশ্ন করে - কেয়ামত দিবস কবে?
He asks: "When will be this Day of Resurrection?"
So when vision is dazzled
Faitha bariqa albasaru
যখন দৃষ্টি চমকে যাবে,
So, when the sight shall be dazed.
And the moon darkens
Wakhasafa alqamaru
চন্দ্র জ্যোতিহীন হয়ে যাবে।
And the moon will be eclipsed.
And the sun and the moon are joined,
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
এবং সূর্য ও চন্দ্রকে একত্রিত করা হবে -
And the sun and moon will be joined together (by going one into the other or folded up or deprived of their light).
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
সে দিন মানুষ বলবেঃ পলায়নের জায়গা কোথায় ?
On that Day man will say: "Where (is the refuge) to flee?"
No! There is no refuge.
Kalla la wazara
না কোথাও আশ্রয়স্থল নেই।
No! There is no refuge!
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru
আপনার পালনকর্তার কাছেই সেদিন ঠাঁই হবে।
Unto your Lord (Alone) will be the place of rest that Day.
Man will be that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara
সেদিন মানুষকে অবহিত করা হবে সে যা সামনে প্রেরণ করেছে ও পশ্চাতে ছেড়ে দিয়েছে।
On that Day man will be of what he sent forward (of his evil good deeds), and what he left behind (of his good or evil traditions).
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
বরং মানুষ নিজেই তার নিজের সম্পর্কে চক্ষুমান।
Nay! Man will be a witness against himself [as his body parts (skin, hands, legs, etc.) will speak about his deeds],
Even if he presents his excuses.
Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
যদিও সে তার অজুহাত পেশ করতে চাইবে।
Though he may put forth his excuses (to cover his evil deeds).
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.
La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi
তাড়াতাড়ি শিখে নেয়ার জন্যে আপনি দ্রুত ওহী আবৃত্তি করবেন না।
Move not your tongue concerning (the Qur'an, O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) to make haste therewith.
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu
এর সংরক্ষণ ও পাঠ আমারই দায়িত্ব।
It is for Us to collect it and to give you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) the ability to recite it (the Qur'an).
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
অতঃপর আমি যখন তা পাঠ করি, তখন আপনি সেই পাঠের অনুসরণ করুন।
And when We have recited it to you [O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم through Jibril (Gabriel)], then follow its (the Qur'an's) recital.
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
এরপর বিশদ বর্ণনা আমারই দায়িত্ব।
Then it is for Us (Allah) to make it clear (to you).
No! But you love the immediate
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
কখনও না, বরং তোমরা পার্থিব জীবনকে ভালবাস
Not [as you think, that you (mankind) will not be resurrected and recompensed for your deeds], but you (men) love the present life of this world,
And leave the Hereafter.
Watatharoona alakhirata
এবং পরকালকে উপেক্ষা কর।
And neglect the Hereafter.
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
সেদিন অনেক মুখমন্ডল উজ্জ্বল হবে।
Some faces that Day shall be Nadirah (shining and radiant).
Looking at their Lord.
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
তারা তার পালনকর্তার দিকে তাকিয়ে থাকবে।
Looking at their Lord (Allah).
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
আর অনেক মুখমন্ডল সেদিন উদাস হয়ে পড়বে।
And some faces, that Day, will be Basirah (dark, gloomy, frowning, and sad),
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun
তারা ধারণা করবে যে, তাদের সাথে কোমর - ভাঙ্গা আচরণ করা হবে।
Thinking that some calamity is about to fall on them.
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
কখনও না, যখন প্রাণ কন্ঠাগত হবে।
Nay, when (the soul) reaches to the collar bone (i.e. up to the throat in its exit),
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
Waqeela man raqin
এবং বলা হবে, কে ঝাড়বে
And it will be said: "Who can cure him (and save him from death)?"
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
এবং সে মনে করবে যে, বিদায়ের ক্ষণ এসে গেছে।
And he (the dying person) will conclude that it was (the time) of parting (death);
And the leg is wound about the leg,
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
এবং গোছা গোছার সাথে জড়িত হয়ে যাবে।
And one leg will be joined with another leg (shrouded).
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
সেদিন, আপনার পালনকর্তার নিকট সবকিছু নীত হবে।
The drive will be, on that Day, to your Lord (Allah)!
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
Fala saddaqa wala salla
সে বিশ্বাস করেনি এবং পড়েনি;
So he (the ) neither believed (in this Qur'an and in the Message of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) nor prayed!
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
পরন্ত মিথ্যারোপ করেছে ও পৃষ্ঠ প্রদর্শন করেছে।
But on the contrary, he belied (this Qur'an and the Message of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) and turned away!
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
অতঃপর সে দম্ভভরে পরিবার - পরিজনের নিকট ফিরে গিয়েছে।
Then he walked in conceit (full pride) to his family admiring himself!
Woe to you, and woe!
Awla laka faawla
তোমার দুর্ভোগের উপর দুর্ভোগ।
Woe to you [O man ()]! And then (again) woe to you!
Then woe to you, and woe!
Thumma awla laka faawla
অতঃপর, তোমার দুর্ভোগের উপর দূর্ভোগ।
Again, woe to you [O man ()]! And then (again) woe to you!
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan
মানুষ কি মনে করে যে, তাকে এমনি ছেড়ে দেয়া হবে?
Does man think that he will be left neglected (without being punished or rewarded for the obligatory duties enjoined by his Lord Allah on him)?
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna
সে কি স্খলিত বীর্য ছিল না?
Was he not a Nutfah (mixed male and female sexual discharge) of semen emitted (poured forth)?
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa
অতঃপর সে ছিল রক্তপিন্ড, অতঃপর তাকে সৃষ্টি করেছেন এবং সুবিন্যস্ত করেছেন।
Then he became an 'Alaqah (a clot); then (Allah) shaped and fashioned (him) in due proportion.
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
অতঃপর তা থেকে সৃষ্টি করেছেন যুগল নর ও নারী।
And made of him two sexes, male and female.
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?
Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta
তবুও কি সেই মৃতদেরকে জীবিত করতে সক্ষম নন?
Is not He (Allah Who does that) Able to give life to the dead? (Yes! He is Able to do all things).