Al Qiyamat

1 I swear by the Day of Resurrection

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

1 La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati

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

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

2 Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati

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

3 Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?

3 Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu

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

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

4 Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu

5 But man desires to continue in sin.

5 But man would fain deny what is before him.

5 Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu

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

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

6 Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati

7 So when vision is dazzled

7 But when sight is confounded

7 Faitha bariqa albasaru

8 And the moon darkens

8 And the moon is eclipsed

8 Wakhasafa alqamaru

9 And the sun and the moon are joined,

9 And sun and moon are united,

9 WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru

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

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

10 Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru

11 No! There is no refuge.

11 Alas! No refuge!

11 Kalla la wazara

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

12 Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.

12 Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru

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

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

13 Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara

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

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

14 Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun

15 Even if he presents his excuses.

15 Although he tender his excuses.

15 Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu

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

16 Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.

16 La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi

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

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

17 Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu

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

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

18 Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu

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

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

19 Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu

20 No! But you love the immediate

20 Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now

20 Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata

21 And leave the Hereafter.

21 And neglect the Hereafter.

21 Watatharoona alakhirata

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

22 That day will faces be resplendent,

22 Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun

23 Looking at their Lord.

23 Looking toward their Lord;

23 Ila rabbiha nathiratun

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

24 And that day will other faces be despondent,

24 Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun

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

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

25 Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun

26 No! When the soul has reached the collar bones

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

26 Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya

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

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

27 Waqeela man raqin

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

28 And he knoweth that it is the parting;

28 Wathanna annahu alfiraqu

29 And the leg is wound about the leg,

29 And agony is heaped on agony;

29 Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi

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

30 Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.

30 Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu

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

31 For he neither trusted, nor prayed.

31 Fala saddaqa wala salla

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

32 But he denied and flouted.

32 Walakin kaththaba watawalla

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

33 Then went he to his folk with glee.

33 Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta

34 Woe to you, and woe!

34 Nearer unto thee and nearer,

34 Awla laka faawla

35 Then woe to you, and woe!

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

35 Thumma awla laka faawla

36 Does man think that he will be left neglected?

36 Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?

36 Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan

37 Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

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

37 Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna

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

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

38 Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa

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

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

39 FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha

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

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

40 Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta