75. Al-Qiyamah

لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ

I swear by the Day of Resurrection

lā uq'simu biyawmi l-qiyāmati

وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ

And I swear by the reproaching soul1 [to the certainty of resurrection].

walā uq'simu bil-nafsi l-lawāmati

أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ

Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

ayaḥsabu l-insānu allan najmaʿa ʿiẓāmahu

بَلَىٰ قَـٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ

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

balā qādirīna ʿalā an nusawwiya banānahu

بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ

But man desires to continue in sin.1

bal yurīdu l-insānu liyafjura amāmahu

يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ

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

yasalu ayyāna yawmu l-qiyāmati

فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ

So when vision is dazzled.

fa-idhā bariqa l-baṣaru

وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ

And the moon darkens.

wakhasafa l-qamaru

وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ

And the sun and the moon are joined,

wajumiʿa l-shamsu wal-qamaru

يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ

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

yaqūlu l-insānu yawma-idhin ayna l-mafaru

كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ

No! There is no refuge.

kallā lā wazara

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ

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

ilā rabbika yawma-idhin l-mus'taqaru

يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ

Man will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead1 and kept back.2

yunabba-u l-insānu yawma-idhin bimā qaddama wa-akhara

بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌ

Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,1

bali l-insānu ʿalā nafsihi baṣīratun

وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ

Even if he presents his excuses.

walaw alqā maʿādhīrahu

لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ

Move not your tongue with it, [O Muḥammad], to hasten with it [i.e., recitation of the Qur’ān].

lā tuḥarrik bihi lisānaka litaʿjala bihi

إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ

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

inna ʿalaynā jamʿahu waqur'ānahu

فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَـٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ

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

fa-idhā qaranāhu fa-ittabiʿ qur'ānahu

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ

Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].

thumma inna ʿalaynā bayānahu

كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ

No! But you [i.e., mankind] love the immediate

kallā bal tuḥibbūna l-ʿājilata

وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ

And leave [i.e., neglect] the Hereafter.

watadharūna l-ākhirata

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ

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

wujūhun yawma-idhin nāḍiratun

إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ

Looking at their Lord.1

ilā rabbihā nāẓiratun

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌ

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

wawujūhun yawma-idhin bāsiratun

تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ

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

taẓunnu an yuf'ʿala bihā fāqiratun

كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ

No! When it [i.e., the soul] has reached the collar bones1

kallā idhā balaghati l-tarāqiya

وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍ

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

waqīla man rāqin

وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ

And he [i.e., the dying one] is certain that it is the [time of] separation

waẓanna annahu l-firāqu

وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ

And the leg is wound about the leg,1

wal-tafati l-sāqu bil-sāqi

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ

To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.1

ilā rabbika yawma-idhin l-masāqu

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ

And he [i.e., the disbeliever] had not believed, nor had he prayed.

falā ṣaddaqa walā ṣallā

وَلَـٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

But [instead], he denied and turned away.

walākin kadhaba watawallā

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ

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

thumma dhahaba ilā ahlihi yatamaṭṭā

أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ

Woe to you, and woe!

awlā laka fa-awlā

ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ

Then woe to you, and woe!

thumma awlā laka fa-awlā

أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى

Does man think that he will be left neglected?1

ayaḥsabu l-insānu an yut'raka sudan

أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِىٍّ يُمْنَىٰ

Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

alam yaku nuṭ'fatan min maniyyin yum'nā

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

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

thumma kāna ʿalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwā

فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ

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

fajaʿala min'hu l-zawjayni l-dhakara wal-unthā

أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَـٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْـِۧىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ

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

alaysa dhālika biqādirin ʿalā an yuḥ'yiya l-mawtā