Chapter 75, 40 verses
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
I do call to witness the Resurrection Day;
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].
And I do call to witness the self - reproaching spirit: (Eschew Evil).
Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones?
Thinketh man that We shall not assemble 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.
Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!
But man desires to continue in sin.
But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in front of him.
But man would fain deny what is before him.
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
He questions: "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?
So when vision is dazzled
At length, when the sight is dazed,
But when sight is confounded
And the moon darkens
And the moon is buried in darkness.
And the moon is eclipsed
And the sun and the moon are joined,
And the sun and moon are joined together, -
And sun and moon are united,
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
That Day will Man say: "Where is the refuge?"
On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
No! There is no refuge.
By no means! No place of safety!
Alas! No refuge!
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
Before thy Lord (alone), that Day will be the place of rest.
Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.
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.
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,
Nay, man will be evidence against himself,
Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
Even if he presents his excuses.
Even though he were to put up his excuses.
Although he tender 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.
Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten 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:
Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
But when We have promulgated it, follow thou its recital (as promulgated):
And when We read it, follow thou the reading;
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
Nay more, it is for Us to explain it (and make it clear):
Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.
No! But you love the immediate
Nay, (ye men!) but ye love the fleeting life,
Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
And leave the Hereafter.
And leave alone the Hereafter.
And neglect the Hereafter.
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
Some faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness and beauty); -
That day will faces be resplendent,
Looking at their Lord.
Looking towards their Lord;
Looking toward their Lord;
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
And some faces, that Day, will be sad and dismal,
And that day will other faces be despondent,
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;
Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
Yea, when (the soul) reaches to the collar - bone (in its exit),
Nay, but when the life cometh 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)?"
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
And he will conclude that it was (the Time) of Parting;
And he knoweth that it is the parting;
And the leg is wound about the leg,
And one leg will be joined with another:
And agony is heaped on agony;
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
That Day the Drive will be (all) to thy Lord!
Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
So he gave nothing in charity, nor did he pray! -
For he neither trusted, nor prayed.
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
But on the contrary, he rejected Truth and turned away!
But he denied and flouted.
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
Then did he stalk to his family in full conceit!
Then went he to his folk with glee.
Woe to you, and woe!
Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
Nearer unto thee and nearer,
Then woe to you, and woe!
Again, Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
Does man think that he will be left uncontrolled, (without purpose)?
Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
Was he not a drop of sperm emitted (in lowly form)?
Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?
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.
Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
And of him He made two sexes, male and female.
And made of him a pair, the male and 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?
Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?