Chapter 75, 40 verses
I do call to witness the Resurrection Day;
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
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).
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones?
Does man think that We will not 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.
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
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.
But man desires to continue in sin.
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?"
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 vision is dazzled
فإذا برق البصر
So when the sight becomes dazed,
And the moon is buried in darkness.
And the moon darkens
وخسف القمر
And the moon becomes dark,
And the sun and moon are joined together, -
And the sun and the moon are joined,
وجمع الشمس والقمر
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
That Day will Man say: "Where is the refuge?"
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
By no means! No place of safety!
No! There is no refuge.
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.
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
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.
Man will be that Day of what he sent ahead and kept 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,
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
Even though he were to put up his excuses.
Even if he presents his excuses.
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Though he puts forth his excuses.
Move not thy tongue concerning the (Qur'an) to make haste therewith.
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.
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:
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
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):
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
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):
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
ثم إن علينا بيانه
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
Nay, (ye men!) but ye love the fleeting life,
No! But you love the immediate
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
Nay! But you love the present life,
And leave alone the Hereafter.
And leave the Hereafter.
وتذرون الآخرة
And neglect the hereafter.
Some faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness and beauty); -
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
Looking towards their Lord;
Looking at their Lord.
إلى ربها ناظرة
Looking to their Lord.
And some faces, that Day, will be sad and dismal,
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
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;
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
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),
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
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)?"
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
وقيل من ۜ راق
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
And he will conclude that it was (the Time) of Parting;
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
وظن أنه الفراق
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
And one leg will be joined with another:
And the leg is wound about the leg,
والتفت الساق بالساق
And affliction is combined with affliction;
That Day the Drive will be (all) to thy Lord!
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
So he gave nothing in charity, nor did he pray! -
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
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!
But [instead], he denied 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!
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
ثم ذهب إلى أهله يتمطى
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
Woe to you, and woe!
أولى لك فأولى
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
Again, Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
Then woe to you, and woe!
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
Does man think that he will be left uncontrolled, (without purpose)?
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
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)?
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
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.
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
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.
And made of him two mates, the male and the 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?
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?
أليس ذلك بقادر على أن يحيي الموتى
Is not He able to give life to the dead?