Chapter 75, 40 verses
I do call to witness the Resurrection Day;
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بيوم القيامة
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;
And I do call to witness the self - reproaching spirit: (Eschew Evil).
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).
Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones?
أيحسب الإنسان ألن نجمع عظامه
Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?
Nay, We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers.
بلى قادرين على أن نسوي بنانه
Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!
But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in front of him.
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
But man would fain deny what is before him.
He questions: "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?
At length, when the sight is dazed,
فإذا برق البصر
But when sight is confounded
And the moon is buried in darkness.
وخسف القمر
And the moon is eclipsed
And the sun and moon are joined together, -
وجمع الشمس والقمر
And sun and moon are united,
That Day will Man say: "Where is the refuge?"
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
By no means! No place of safety!
كلا لا وزر
Alas! No refuge!
Before thy Lord (alone), that Day will be the place of rest.
إلى ربك يومئذ المستقر
Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.
That Day will Man be told (all) that he put forward, and all that he put back.
ينبأ الإنسان يومئذ بما قدم وأخر
On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.
Nay, man will be evidence against himself,
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
Even though he were to put up his excuses.
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Although he tender his excuses.
Move not thy tongue concerning the (Qur'an) to make haste therewith.
لا تحرك به لسانك لتعجل به
Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.
It is for Us to collect it and to promulgate it:
إن علينا جمعه وقرآنه
Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.
But when We have promulgated it, follow thou its recital (as promulgated):
فإذا قرأناه فاتبع قرآنه
And when We read it, follow thou the reading;
Nay more, it is for Us to explain it (and make it clear):
ثم إن علينا بيانه
Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.
Nay, (ye men!) but ye love the fleeting life,
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
And leave alone the Hereafter.
وتذرون الآخرة
And neglect the Hereafter.
Some faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness and beauty); -
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
That day will faces be resplendent,
Looking towards their Lord;
إلى ربها ناظرة
Looking toward their Lord;
And some faces, that Day, will be sad and dismal,
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
And that day will other faces be despondent,
In the thought that some back - breaking calamity was about to be inflicted on them;
تظن أن يفعل بها فاقرة
Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.
Yea, when (the soul) reaches to the collar - bone (in its exit),
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
And there will be a cry, "Who is a magician (to restore him)?"
وقيل من ۜ راق
And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?
And he will conclude that it was (the Time) of Parting;
وظن أنه الفراق
And he knoweth that it is the parting;
And one leg will be joined with another:
والتفت الساق بالساق
And agony is heaped on agony;
That Day the Drive will be (all) to thy Lord!
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
So he gave nothing in charity, nor did he pray! -
فلا صدق ولا صلى
For he neither trusted, nor prayed.
But on the contrary, he rejected Truth and turned away!
ولكن كذب وتولى
But he denied and flouted.
Then did he stalk to his family in full conceit!
ثم ذهب إلى أهله يتمطى
Then went he to his folk with glee.
Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
أولى لك فأولى
Nearer unto thee and nearer,
Again, Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).
Does man think that he will be left uncontrolled, (without purpose)?
أيحسب الإنسان أن يترك سدى
Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?
Was he not a drop of sperm emitted (in lowly form)?
ألم يك نطفة من مني يمنى
Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?
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 became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned
And of him He made two sexes, male and female.
فجعل منه الزوجين الذكر والأنثى
And made of him a pair, the male and female.
Has not He, (the same), the power to give life to the dead?
أليس ذلك بقادر على أن يحيي الموتى
Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?