Chapter 75, 40 verses
I do call to witness the Resurrection Day;
আমি শপথ করিতেছি কিয়ামত দিবসের,
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
And I do call to witness the self - reproaching spirit: (Eschew Evil).
আরও শপথ করিতেছি তিরস্কারকারী আত্মার।
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones?
মানুষ কি মনে করে যে, আমি তাহার অস্থিসমূহ একত্র করিতে পারিব না?
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
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.
বস্তুত আমি উহার অঙ্গুলীর অগ্রভাগ পর্যন্ত পুনবিন্যস্ত করিতে সক্ষম।
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in front of him.
তবুও মানুষ তাহার ভবিষ্যতেও পাপাচার করিতে চায়।
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
But man desires to continue in sin.
He questions: "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
সে প্রশ্ন করে, ‘কখন কিয়ামত দিবস আসিবে?’
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
At length, when the sight is dazed,
যখন চক্ষু স্থির হইয়া যাইবে,
So when the sight becomes dazed,
So when vision is dazzled
And the moon is buried in darkness.
এবং চন্দ্র হইয়া পড়িবে জ্যোতিহীন,
And the moon becomes dark,
And the moon darkens
And the sun and moon are joined together, -
যখন সূর্য ও চন্দ্রকে একত্র করা হইবে -
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
And the sun and the moon are joined,
That Day will Man say: "Where is the refuge?"
সেদিন - মানুষ বলিবে, ‘আজ পালাইবার স্থান কোথায়?’
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
By no means! No place of safety!
না, কোন আশ্রয়স্থল নাই।
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
No! There is no refuge.
Before thy Lord (alone), that Day will be the place of rest.
সেদিন ঠাঁই হইবে তোমার প্রতিপালকেরই নিকট।
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
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.
সেদিন মানুষকে অবহিত করা হইবে সে কী অগ্রে পাঠাইয়াছে ও কী পশ্চাতে রাখিয়া গিয়াছে।
Man shall on that day be of what he sent before and (what he) put off.
Man will be that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
Nay, man will be evidence against himself,
বস্তুত মানুষ নিজের সম্বন্ধে সম্যক অবগত,
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
Even though he were to put up his excuses.
যদিও সে নানা অজুহাতের অবতারণা করে।
Though he puts forth his excuses.
Even if he presents his excuses.
Move not thy tongue concerning the (Qur'an) to make haste therewith.
তাড়াতাড়ি ওহী আয়ত্ত করিবার জন্য তুমি তোমার জিহ্বা উহার সঙ্গে সঞ্চালন করিও না।
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
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:
ইহা সংরক্ষণ ও পাঠ করাইবার দায়িত্ব আমারই।
Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
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):
সুতরাং যখন আমি উহা পাঠ করি তুমি সেই পাঠের অনুসরণ কর,
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
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):
অতঃপর ইহার বিশদ ব্যাখ্যার দায়িত্ব আমারই।
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
Nay, (ye men!) but ye love the fleeting life,
না, তোমরা প্রকৃতপক্ষে পার্থিব জীবনকে ভালবাস;
Nay! But you love the present life,
No! But you love the immediate
And leave alone the Hereafter.
এবং আখিরাতকে উপেক্ষা কর।
And neglect the hereafter.
And leave the Hereafter.
Some faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness and beauty); -
সেদিন কোন কোন মুখমণ্ডল উজ্জ্বল হইবে,
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
Looking towards their Lord;
তাহারা তাহাদের প্রতিপালকের দিকে তাকাইয়া থাকিবে।
Looking to their Lord.
Looking at their Lord.
And some faces, that Day, will be sad and dismal,
কোন কোন মুখমণ্ডল হইয়া পড়িবে বিবর্ণ,
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
In the thought that some back - breaking calamity was about to be inflicted on them;
আশংকা করিবে যে, এক ধ্বংসকারী বিপর্যয় তাহাদের উপর আপতিত হইবে।
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
Yea, when (the soul) reaches to the collar - bone (in its exit),
কখনো নয়, যখন প্রাণ কণ্ঠাগত হইবে,
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
And there will be a cry, "Who is a magician (to restore him)?"
এবং বলা হইবে, ‘কে তাহাকে রক্ষা করিবে?’
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
And he will conclude that it was (the Time) of Parting;
তখন তাহার প্রত্যয় হইবে যে, ইহা বিদায়ক্ষণ।
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
And one leg will be joined with another:
এবং পায়ের সঙ্গে পা জড়াইয়া যাইবে।
And affliction is combined with affliction;
And the leg is wound about the leg,
That Day the Drive will be (all) to thy Lord!
সেই দিন তোমার প্রভুর নিকট সমস্ত কিছু প্রত্যানীত হইবে।
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
So he gave nothing in charity, nor did he pray! -
সে বিশ্বাস করে নাই এবং আদায় করে নাই।
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
But on the contrary, he rejected Truth and turned away!
বরং সে সত্য প্রত্যাখ্যান করিয়াছিল ও মুখ ফিরাইয়া লইয়াছিল।
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
Then did he stalk to his family in full conceit!
অতঃপর সে তাহার পরিবার - পরিজনের নিকট ফিরিয়া গিয়াছিল দম্ভভরে,
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
দুর্ভোগ তোমার জন্য, দুর্ভোগ!
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
Woe to you, and woe!
Again, Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
আবার দুর্ভোগ তোমার জন্য, দুর্ভোগ!
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
Then woe to you, and woe!
Does man think that he will be left uncontrolled, (without purpose)?
মানুষ কি মনে করে যে, তাহাকে নিরর্থক ছাড়িয়া দেওয়া হইবে?
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
Was he not a drop of sperm emitted (in lowly form)?
সে কি স্খলিত শুক্রবিন্দু ছিল না?
Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
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.
অতঃপর সে ‘আলাকায় পরিণত হয়। তারপর তাহাকে আকৃতি দান করেন ও সুঠাম করেন।
Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
And of him He made two sexes, male and female.
অতঃপর তিনি তাহা হইতে সৃষ্টি করেন যুগল - নর ও নারী।
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
Has not He, (the same), the power to give life to the dead?
তবুও কি সেই স্রষ্টা মৃতকে পুনর্জীবিত করিতে সক্ষম নয়?
Is not He able to give life to the dead?
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?