Chapter 75, 40 verses
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ لَا أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
وَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالنَّفْسِ اللَّوَّامَةِ
Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
أَيَحْسَبُ الْإِنسَانُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُ
Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
بَلَىٰ قَادِرِينَ عَلَىٰ أَن نُّسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهُ
Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!
But man desires to continue in sin.
بَلْ يُرِيدُ الْإِنسَانُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُ
But man would fain deny what is before him.
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
يَسْأَلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ
He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?
So when vision is dazzled
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ الْبَصَرُ
But when sight is confounded
And the moon darkens
وَخَسَفَ الْقَمَرُ
And the moon is eclipsed
And the sun and the moon are joined,
وَجُمِعَ الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ
And sun and moon are united,
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
يَقُولُ الْإِنسَانُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ الْمَفَرُّ
On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
No! There is no refuge.
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ
Alas! No refuge!
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ الْمُسْتَقَرُّ
Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.
Man will be that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
يُنَبَّأُ الْإِنسَانُ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ
On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
بَلِ الْإِنسَانُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِ بَصِيرَةٌ
Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
Even if he presents his excuses.
وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُ
Although he tender his excuses.
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.
لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِ
Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُ وَقُرْآنَهُ
Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَاهُ فَاتَّبِعْ قُرْآنَهُ
And when We read it, follow thou the reading;
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُ
Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.
No! But you love the immediate
كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ الْعَاجِلَةَ
Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
And leave the Hereafter.
وَتَذَرُونَ الْآخِرَةَ
And neglect the Hereafter.
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ
That day will faces be resplendent,
Looking at their Lord.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ
Looking toward their Lord;
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ بَاسِرَةٌ
And that day will other faces be despondent,
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ
Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
كَلَّا إِذَا بَلَغَتِ التَّرَاقِيَ
Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍ
And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ الْفِرَاقُ
And he knoweth that it is the parting;
And the leg is wound about the leg,
وَالْتَفَّتِ السَّاقُ بِالسَّاقِ
And agony is heaped on agony;
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ الْمَسَاقُ
Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ
For he neither trusted, nor prayed.
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
But he denied and flouted.
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ يَتَمَطَّىٰ
Then went he to his folk with glee.
Woe to you, and woe!
أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ
Nearer unto thee and nearer,
Then woe to you, and woe!
ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ
Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
أَيَحْسَبُ الْإِنسَانُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى
Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِيٍّ يُمْنَىٰ
Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ الزَّوْجَيْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالْأُنثَىٰ
And made of him a pair, the male and female.
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?
أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَادِرٍ عَلَىٰ أَن يُحْيِيَ الْمَوْتَىٰ
Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?