75. Al-Qiyamah

لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ

Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection

وَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلنَّفۡسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ

and nay, I swear by the self-reproaching soul

أَيَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجۡمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ

Does man imagine that We will not be able to bring his bones together again

بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهُۥ

Yes indeed; We have the power to remould even his finger-tips

بَلۡ يُرِيدُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفۡجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ

But man desires to persist in his evil ways

يَسۡـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوۡمُ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ

He asks: “When will the Day of Resurrection be?”

فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ

When the sight is dazed

وَخَسَفَ ٱلۡقَمَرُ

and the moon is eclipsed

وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ

and the sun and the moon are joined together

يَقُولُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ يَوۡمَئِذٍ أَيۡنَ ٱلۡمَفَرُّ

on that Day will man say: “Whither the refuge?”

كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ

No, there is no refuge

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقَرُّ

With your Lord alone will be the retreat that Day

يُنَبَّؤُاْ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ

On that Day will man be apprised of his deeds, both the earlier and the later

بَلِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفۡسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةࣱ‏

But lo, man is well aware of himself

وَلَوۡ أَلۡقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ

even though he might make up excuses

لَا تُحَرِّكۡ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعۡجَلَ بِهِۦٓ

(O Prophet), do not stir your tongue hastily (to commit the Revelation to memory)

إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا جَمۡعَهُۥ وَقُرۡءَانَهُۥ

Surely it is for Us to have you commit it to memory and to recite it

فَإِذَا قَرَأۡنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعۡ قُرۡءَانَهُۥ

And so when We recite it, follow its recitation attentively

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا بَيَانَهُۥ

then it will be for Us to explain it

كَلَّا بَلۡ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡعَاجِلَةَ

Nay; the truth is that you love ardently (the good of this world) that can be obtained hastily

وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَ

and are oblivious of the Hereafter

وُجُوهࣱ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ نَّاضِرَةٌ

Some faces on that Day will be fresh and resplendent

إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةࣱ‏

and will be looking towards their Lord

وَوُجُوهࣱ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بَاسِرَةࣱ‏

and some faces on that Day will be gloomy

تَظُنُّ أَن يُفۡعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةࣱ‏

believing that a crushing calamity is about to strike them

كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِيَ

Nay; when a man's soul reaches up to the throat

وَقِيلَ مَنۡۜ رَاقࣲ‏

and it is said: “Is there any enchanter who can step forward and help (by his chanting)?”

وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلۡفِرَاقُ

and he realises that the hour of parting is come

وَٱلۡتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ

and calf is inter-twined with calf

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡمَسَاقُ

On that Day you will be driven to your Lord

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ

But he did not verify the Truth, nor did he observe Prayer

وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

on the contrary, he gave the lie to the Truth and turned his back upon it

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ

then he went back to his kinsfolk, elated with pride

أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰ

This (attitude) is worthy of you, altogether worthy

ثُمَّ أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰٓ

again, it is worthy of you, altogether worthy

أَيَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتۡرَكَ سُدًى

Does man think that he will be left alone, unquestioned

أَلَمۡ يَكُ نُطۡفَةࣰ مِّن مَّنِيࣲّ يُمۡنَىٰ

Was he not a drop of ejaculated semen

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةࣰ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

then he became a clot, and then Allah made it into a living body and proportioned its parts

فَجَعَلَ مِنۡهُ ٱلزَّوۡجَيۡنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰٓ

and then He made of him a pair, male and female

أَلَيۡسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحۡـِۧيَ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ

Does He, then, not have the power to bring back the dead to life