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.

Transliteration

1 La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati

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).

Transliteration

2 Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati

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?

Transliteration

3 Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu

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.

Transliteration

4 Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu

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.

Transliteration

5 Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu

Saheeh International

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Transliteration

6 Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati

Saheeh International

7 So when vision is dazzled

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 So, when the sight shall be dazed.

Transliteration

7 Faitha bariqa albasaru

Saheeh International

8 And the moon darkens

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 And the moon will be eclipsed.

Transliteration

8 Wakhasafa alqamaru

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).

Transliteration

9 WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru

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?"

Transliteration

10 Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru

Saheeh International

11 No! There is no refuge.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 No! There is no refuge!

Transliteration

11 Kalla la wazara

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.

Transliteration

12 Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru

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).

Transliteration

13 Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara

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],

Transliteration

14 Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun

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).

Transliteration

15 Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu

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.

Transliteration

16 La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi

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).

Transliteration

17 Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu

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.

Transliteration

18 Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu

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).

Transliteration

19 Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu

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,

Transliteration

20 Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata

Saheeh International

21 And leave the Hereafter.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

21 And neglect the Hereafter.

Transliteration

21 Watatharoona alakhirata

Saheeh International

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Transliteration

22 Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun

Saheeh International

23 Looking at their Lord.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

23 Looking at their Lord (Allah).

Transliteration

23 Ila rabbiha nathiratun

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),

Transliteration

24 Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun

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.

Transliteration

25 Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun

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),

Transliteration

26 Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya

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)?"

Transliteration

27 Waqeela man raqin

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);

Transliteration

28 Wathanna annahu alfiraqu

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).

Transliteration

29 Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi

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)!

Transliteration

30 Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu

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!

Transliteration

31 Fala saddaqa wala salla

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!

Transliteration

32 Walakin kaththaba watawalla

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!

Transliteration

33 Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta

Saheeh International

34 Woe to you, and woe!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Transliteration

34 Awla laka faawla

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!

Transliteration

35 Thumma awla laka faawla

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)?

Transliteration

36 Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan

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)?

Transliteration

37 Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna

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.

Transliteration

38 Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa

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.

Transliteration

39 FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha

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).

Transliteration

40 Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta