Chapter 75, 40 verses
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 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 cannot assemble his bones?
أيحسب الإنسان ألن نجمع عظامه
Does man think that We shall not gather 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! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
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 questions: "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
At length, when the sight is dazed,
فإذا برق البصر
So when the sight becomes dazed,
And the moon is buried in darkness.
وخسف القمر
And the moon becomes dark,
And the sun and moon are joined together, -
وجمع الشمس والقمر
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
That Day will Man say: "Where is the refuge?"
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
By no means! No place of safety!
كلا لا وزر
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
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.
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.
Nay, man will be evidence against himself,
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
Even though he were to put up his excuses.
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Though he puts forth his excuses.
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,
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.
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.
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.
Nay, (ye men!) but ye love the fleeting life,
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
Nay! But you love the present life,
And leave alone the Hereafter.
وتذرون الآخرة
And neglect the hereafter.
Some faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness and beauty); -
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
Looking towards their Lord;
إلى ربها ناظرة
Looking to their Lord.
And some faces, that Day, will be sad and dismal,
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
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.
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 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 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 one leg will be joined with another:
والتفت الساق بالساق
And affliction is combined with affliction;
That Day the Drive will be (all) to thy Lord!
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
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 on the contrary, he rejected Truth and turned away!
ولكن كذب وتولى
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
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 thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
أولى لك فأولى
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
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 uncontrolled, (without purpose)?
أيحسب الإنسان أن يترك سدى
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
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 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 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.
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?