75. Al-Qiyaama

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ1

I swear by the Day of Resurrection

Laaa uqsimu bi yawmil qiyaamah

وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ2

And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].

Wa laaa uqsimu bin nafsil lawwaamah

أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ3

Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

Ayahsabul insaanu al lan najm'a 'izaamah

بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ4

Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.

Balaa qaadireena 'alaaa an nusawwiya banaanah

بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ5

But man desires to continue in sin.

Bal yureedul insaanu liyafjura amaamah

يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ6

He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"

Yas'alu ayyyaana yawmul qiyaamah

فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ7

So when vision is dazzled

Fa izaa bariqal basar

وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ8

And the moon darkens

We khasafal qamar

وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ9

And the sun and the moon are joined,

Wa jumi'ash shamusu wal qamar

يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ10

Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"

Yaqoolul insaanu yaw ma 'izin aynal mafarr

كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ11

No! There is no refuge.

Kallaa laa wazar

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ12

To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.

Ilaa rabbika yawma 'izinil mustaqarr

يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ13

Man will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.

Yunabba 'ul insaanu yawma 'izim bimaa qaddama wa akhkhar

بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌۭ14

Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,

Balil insaanu 'alaa nafsihee baseerah

وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ15

Even if he presents his excuses.

Wa law alqaa ma'aazeerah

لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ16

Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.

Laa tuharrik bihee lisaa naka lita'jala bih

إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ17

Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.

Inna 'alainaa jam'ahoo wa qur aanah

فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ18

So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.

Fa izaa qaraanaahu fattabi' qur aanah

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ19

Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].

Summa inna 'alainaa bayaanah

كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ20

No! But you love the immediate

Kallaa bal tuhibboonal 'aajilah

وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ21

And leave the Hereafter.

Wa tazaroonal Aakhirah

وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ نَّاضِرَةٌ22

[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,

Wujoohuny yawma 'izin naadirah

إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌۭ23

Looking at their Lord.

Ilaa rabbihaa naazirah

وَوُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌۭ24

And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,

Wa wujoohuny yawma 'izim baasirah

تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌۭ25

Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.

Tazunnu any yuf'ala bihaa faaqirah

كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ26

No! When the soul has reached the collar bones

Kallaaa izaa balaghatit taraaqee

وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍۢ27

And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"

Wa qeela man raaq

وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ28

And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation

Wa zanna annahul firaaq

وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ29

And the leg is wound about the leg,

Waltaffatis saaqu bissaaq

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ30

To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.

Ilaa rabbika yawma'izinil masaaq

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ31

And the disbeliever had not believed, nor had he prayed.

Falaa saddaqa wa laa sallaa

وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ32

But [instead], he denied and turned away.

Wa laakin kazzaba wa tawalla

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ33

And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].

Summa zahaba ilaaa ahlihee yatamatta

أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ34

Woe to you, and woe!

Awlaa laka fa awlaa

ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ35

Then woe to you, and woe!

Summa awlaa laka fa awla

أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى36

Does man think that he will be left neglected?

Ayahsabul insaanu anyytraka sudaa

أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةًۭ مِّن مَّنِىٍّۢ يُمْنَىٰ37

Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

Alam yaku nutfatam mim maniyyiny yumnaa

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةًۭ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ38

Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]

Summa kaana 'alaqata fakhalaq fasawwaa

فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ39

And made of him two mates, the male and the female.

Faja'ala minhuz zawjayniz zakara wal unsaa

أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْۦِىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ40

Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?

Alaisa zaalika biqaadirin 'alaaa any yuhyiyal mawtaa