Chapter 75, 40 verses
I do call to witness the Resurrection Day;
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بيوم القيامة
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
And I do call to witness the self - reproaching spirit: (Eschew Evil).
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones?
أيحسب الإنسان ألن نجمع عظامه
Does man think that We will 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
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in front of him.
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
But man desires to continue in sin.
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 vision is dazzled
And the moon is buried in darkness.
وخسف القمر
And the moon darkens
And the sun and moon are joined together, -
وجمع الشمس والقمر
And the sun and the moon are joined,
That Day will Man say: "Where is the refuge?"
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
By no means! No place of safety!
كلا لا وزر
No! There is no refuge.
Before thy Lord (alone), that Day will be the place of rest.
إلى ربك يومئذ المستقر
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
That Day will Man be told (all) that he put forward, and all that he put back.
ينبأ الإنسان يومئذ بما قدم وأخر
Man will be that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
Nay, man will be evidence against himself,
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
Even though he were to put up his excuses.
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Even if he presents his excuses.
Move not thy tongue concerning the (Qur'an) to make haste therewith.
لا تحرك به لسانك لتعجل به
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.
It is for Us to collect it and to promulgate it:
إن علينا جمعه وقرآنه
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
But when We have promulgated it, follow thou its recital (as promulgated):
فإذا قرأناه فاتبع قرآنه
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
Nay more, it is for Us to explain it (and make it clear):
ثم إن علينا بيانه
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
Nay, (ye men!) but ye love the fleeting life,
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
No! But you love the immediate
And leave alone the Hereafter.
وتذرون الآخرة
And leave the Hereafter.
Some faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness and beauty); -
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
Looking towards their Lord;
إلى ربها ناظرة
Looking at their Lord.
And some faces, that Day, will be sad and dismal,
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
In the thought that some back - breaking calamity was about to be inflicted on them;
تظن أن يفعل بها فاقرة
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
Yea, when (the soul) reaches to the collar - bone (in its exit),
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
And there will be a cry, "Who is a magician (to restore him)?"
وقيل من ۜ راق
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
And he will conclude that it was (the Time) of Parting;
وظن أنه الفراق
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
And one leg will be joined with another:
والتفت الساق بالساق
And the leg is wound about the leg,
That Day the Drive will be (all) to thy Lord!
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
So he gave nothing in charity, nor did he pray! -
فلا صدق ولا صلى
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
But on the contrary, he rejected Truth and turned away!
ولكن كذب وتولى
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
Then did he stalk to his family in full conceit!
ثم ذهب إلى أهله يتمطى
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
أولى لك فأولى
Woe to you, and woe!
Again, Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Then woe to you, and woe!
Does man think that he will be left uncontrolled, (without purpose)?
أيحسب الإنسان أن يترك سدى
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
Was he not a drop of sperm emitted (in lowly form)?
ألم يك نطفة من مني يمنى
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
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 clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
And of him He made two sexes, male and female.
فجعل منه الزوجين الذكر والأنثى
And made of him two mates, 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 that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?