Al Qiyamat

Saheeh International

1 I swear by the Day of Resurrection

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by the Day of Resurrection.

Pickthall

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;

Saheeh International

2 And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

2 And I swear by the self-reproaching person (a believer).

Pickthall

2 Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).

Saheeh International

3 Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 Does man (a disbeliever) think that We shall not assemble his bones?

Pickthall

3 Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?

Saheeh International

4 Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 Yes, We are Able to put together in perfect order the tips of his fingers.

Pickthall

4 Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!

Saheeh International

5 But man desires to continue in sin.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 Nay! Man (denies Resurrection and Reckoning. So he) desires to continue committing sins.

Pickthall

5 But man would fain deny what is before him.

Saheeh International

6 He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

6 He asks: "When will be this Day of Resurrection?"

Pickthall

6 He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?

Saheeh International

7 So when vision is dazzled

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 So, when the sight shall be dazed.

Pickthall

7 But when sight is confounded

Saheeh International

8 And the moon darkens

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 And the moon will be eclipsed.

Pickthall

8 And the moon is eclipsed

Saheeh International

9 And the sun and the moon are joined,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 And the sun and moon will be joined together (by going one into the other or folded up or deprived of their light).

Pickthall

9 And sun and moon are united,

Saheeh International

10 Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

10 On that Day man will say: "Where (is the refuge) to flee?"

Pickthall

10 On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!

Saheeh International

11 No! There is no refuge.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 No! There is no refuge!

Pickthall

11 Alas! No refuge!

Saheeh International

12 To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

12 Unto your Lord (Alone) will be the place of rest that Day.

Pickthall

12 Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.

Saheeh International

13 Man will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 On that Day man will be informed of what he sent forward (of his evil good deeds), and what he left behind (of his good or evil traditions).

Pickthall

13 On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.

Saheeh International

14 Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

14 Nay! Man will be a witness against himself [as his body parts (skin, hands, legs, etc.) will speak about his deeds],

Pickthall

14 Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,

Saheeh International

15 Even if he presents his excuses.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

15 Though he may put forth his excuses (to cover his evil deeds).

Pickthall

15 Although he tender his excuses.

Saheeh International

16 Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 Move not your tongue concerning (the Qur'an, O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) to make haste therewith.

Pickthall

16 Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.

Saheeh International

17 Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

17 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).

Pickthall

17 Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.

Saheeh International

18 So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

18 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.

Pickthall

18 And when We read it, follow thou the reading;

Saheeh International

19 Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

19 Then it is for Us (Allah) to make it clear (to you).

Pickthall

19 Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.

Saheeh International

20 No! But you love the immediate

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

20 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,

Pickthall

20 Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now

Saheeh International

21 And leave the Hereafter.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

21 And neglect the Hereafter.

Pickthall

21 And neglect the Hereafter.

Saheeh International

22 [Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

22 Some faces that Day shall be Nadirah (shining and radiant).

Pickthall

22 That day will faces be resplendent,

Saheeh International

23 Looking at their Lord.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

23 Looking at their Lord (Allah).

Pickthall

23 Looking toward their Lord;

Saheeh International

24 And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

24 And some faces, that Day, will be Basirah (dark, gloomy, frowning, and sad),

Pickthall

24 And that day will other faces be despondent,

Saheeh International

25 Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

25 Thinking that some calamity is about to fall on them.

Pickthall

25 Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.

Saheeh International

26 No! When the soul has reached the collar bones

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

26 Nay, when (the soul) reaches to the collar bone (i.e. up to the throat in its exit),

Pickthall

26 Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat

Saheeh International

27 And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

27 And it will be said: "Who can cure him (and save him from death)?"

Pickthall

27 And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?

Saheeh International

28 And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

28 And he (the dying person) will conclude that it was (the time) of parting (death);

Pickthall

28 And he knoweth that it is the parting;

Saheeh International

29 And the leg is wound about the leg,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

29 And one leg will be joined with another leg (shrouded).

Pickthall

29 And agony is heaped on agony;

Saheeh International

30 To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

30 The drive will be, on that Day, to your Lord (Allah)!

Pickthall

30 Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.

Saheeh International

31 And the disbeliever had not believed, nor had he prayed.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

31 So he (the disbeliever) neither believed (in this Qur'an and in the Message of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) nor prayed!

Pickthall

31 For he neither trusted, nor prayed.

Saheeh International

32 But [instead], he denied and turned away.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

32 But on the contrary, he belied (this Qur'an and the Message of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) and turned away!

Pickthall

32 But he denied and flouted.

Saheeh International

33 And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

33 Then he walked in conceit (full pride) to his family admiring himself!

Pickthall

33 Then went he to his folk with glee.

Saheeh International

34 Woe to you, and woe!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

34 Woe to you [O man (disbeliever)]! And then (again) woe to you!

Pickthall

34 Nearer unto thee and nearer,

Saheeh International

35 Then woe to you, and woe!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

35 Again, woe to you [O man (disbeliever)]! And then (again) woe to you!

Pickthall

35 Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).

Saheeh International

36 Does man think that he will be left neglected?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

36 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)?

Pickthall

36 Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?

Saheeh International

37 Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

37 Was he not a Nutfah (mixed male and female sexual discharge) of semen emitted (poured forth)?

Pickthall

37 Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?

Saheeh International

38 Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

38 Then he became an 'Alaqah (a clot); then (Allah) shaped and fashioned (him) in due proportion.

Pickthall

38 Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned

Saheeh International

39 And made of him two mates, the male and the female.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

39 And made of him two sexes, male and female.

Pickthall

39 And made of him a pair, the male and female.

Saheeh International

40 Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

40 Is not He (Allah Who does that) Able to give life to the dead? (Yes! He is Able to do all things).

Pickthall

40 Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?