Chapter 75, 40 verses
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
I do call to witness the Resurrection Day;
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بيوم القيامة
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
And I do call to witness the self - reproaching spirit: (Eschew Evil).
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones?
أيحسب الإنسان ألن نجمع عظامه
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
Nay, We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers.
بلى قادرين على أن نسوي بنانه
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
But man desires to continue in sin.
But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in front of him.
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
He questions: "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
So when vision is dazzled
At length, when the sight is dazed,
فإذا برق البصر
So when the sight becomes dazed,
And the moon darkens
And the moon is buried in darkness.
وخسف القمر
And the moon becomes dark,
And the sun and the moon are joined,
And the sun and moon are joined together, -
وجمع الشمس والقمر
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
That Day will Man say: "Where is the refuge?"
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
No! There is no refuge.
By no means! No place of safety!
كلا لا وزر
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
Before thy Lord (alone), that Day will be the place of rest.
إلى ربك يومئذ المستقر
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
Man will be that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
That Day will Man be told (all) that he put forward, and all that he put back.
ينبأ الإنسان يومئذ بما قدم وأخر
Man shall on that day be of what he sent before and (what he) put off.
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
Nay, man will be evidence against himself,
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
Even if he presents his excuses.
Even though he were to put up his excuses.
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Though he puts forth his excuses.
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.
Move not thy tongue concerning the (Qur'an) to make haste therewith.
لا تحرك به لسانك لتعجل به
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
It is for Us to collect it and to promulgate it:
إن علينا جمعه وقرآنه
Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
But when We have promulgated it, follow thou its recital (as promulgated):
فإذا قرأناه فاتبع قرآنه
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
Nay more, it is for Us to explain it (and make it clear):
ثم إن علينا بيانه
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
No! But you love the immediate
Nay, (ye men!) but ye love the fleeting life,
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
Nay! But you love the present life,
And leave the Hereafter.
And leave alone the Hereafter.
وتذرون الآخرة
And neglect the hereafter.
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
Some faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness and beauty); -
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
Looking at their Lord.
Looking towards their Lord;
إلى ربها ناظرة
Looking to their Lord.
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
And some faces, that Day, will be sad and dismal,
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
In the thought that some back - breaking calamity was about to be inflicted on them;
تظن أن يفعل بها فاقرة
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
Yea, when (the soul) reaches to the collar - bone (in its exit),
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
And there will be a cry, "Who is a magician (to restore him)?"
وقيل من ۜ راق
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
And he will conclude that it was (the Time) of Parting;
وظن أنه الفراق
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
And the leg is wound about the leg,
And one leg will be joined with another:
والتفت الساق بالساق
And affliction is combined with affliction;
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
That Day the Drive will be (all) to thy Lord!
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
So he gave nothing in charity, nor did he pray! -
فلا صدق ولا صلى
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
But on the contrary, he rejected Truth and turned away!
ولكن كذب وتولى
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
Then did he stalk to his family in full conceit!
ثم ذهب إلى أهله يتمطى
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
Woe to you, and woe!
Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
أولى لك فأولى
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
Then woe to you, and woe!
Again, Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
Does man think that he will be left uncontrolled, (without purpose)?
أيحسب الإنسان أن يترك سدى
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
Was he not a drop of sperm emitted (in lowly form)?
ألم يك نطفة من مني يمنى
Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
Then did he become a leech - like clot; then did (Allah) make and fashion (him) in due proportion.
ثم كان علقة فخلق فسوى
Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
And of him He made two sexes, male and female.
فجعل منه الزوجين الذكر والأنثى
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?
Has not He, (the same), the power to give life to the dead?
أليس ذلك بقادر على أن يحيي الموتى
Is not He able to give life to the dead?