Chapter 75, 40 verses
I do call to witness the Resurrection Day;
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
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).
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
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?
Does man think that We shall not gather 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.
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
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.
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
But man desires to continue in sin.
He questions: "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
He asks: 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,
So when the sight becomes dazed,
فإذا برق البصر
So when vision is dazzled
And the moon is buried in darkness.
And the moon becomes dark,
وخسف القمر
And the moon darkens
And the sun and moon are joined together, -
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
وجمع الشمس والقمر
And the sun and the moon are joined,
That Day will Man say: "Where is the refuge?"
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
By no means! No place of safety!
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
كلا لا وزر
No! There is no refuge.
Before thy Lord (alone), that Day will be the place of rest.
With your Lord alone shall on that day 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.
Man shall on that day be of what he sent before and (what he) put off.
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,
Nay! man is 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.
Though he puts forth his excuses.
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Even if he presents his excuses.
Move not thy tongue concerning the (Qur'an) to make haste therewith.
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
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:
Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of 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):
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
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):
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
ثم إن علينا بيانه
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
Nay, (ye men!) but ye love the fleeting life,
Nay! But you love the present life,
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
No! But you love the immediate
And leave alone the Hereafter.
And neglect the hereafter.
وتذرون الآخرة
And leave the Hereafter.
Some faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness and beauty); -
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
Looking towards their Lord;
Looking to their Lord.
إلى ربها ناظرة
Looking at their Lord.
And some faces, that Day, will be sad and dismal,
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
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;
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
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),
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
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)?"
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
وقيل من ۜ راق
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
And he will conclude that it was (the Time) of Parting;
And he is sure that it is the (hour 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:
And affliction is combined with affliction;
والتفت الساق بالساق
And the leg is wound about the leg,
That Day the Drive will be (all) to thy Lord!
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
So he gave nothing in charity, nor did he pray! -
So he did not accept the truth, 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!
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
ولكن كذب وتولى
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
Then did he stalk to his family in full conceit!
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
ثم ذهب إلى أهله يتمطى
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
أولى لك فأولى
Woe to you, and woe!
Again, Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Then woe to you, and woe!
Does man think that he will be left uncontrolled, (without purpose)?
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
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)?
Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
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.
Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.
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.
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the 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?
Is not He able to give life to the dead?
أليس ذلك بقادر على أن يحيي الموتى
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?