Al-Qiyamah
القيامة
Chapter 75. The Resurrection
Al-Qiyamah 75:1
لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ
Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;
Al-Qiyamah 75:2
وَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلنَّفۡسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ
Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).
Al-Qiyamah 75:3
أَيَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجۡمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ
Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones?
Al-Qiyamah 75:4
بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهُۥ
Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!
Al-Qiyamah 75:5
بَلۡ يُرِيدُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفۡجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ
But man would fain deny what is before him.
Al-Qiyamah 75:6
يَسۡـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوۡمُ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ
He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection?
Al-Qiyamah 75:7
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ
But when sight is confounded
Al-Qiyamah 75:8
وَخَسَفَ ٱلۡقَمَرُ
And the moon is eclipsed
Al-Qiyamah 75:9
وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ
And sun and moon are united,
Al-Qiyamah 75:10
يَقُولُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ يَوۡمَئِذٍ أَيۡنَ ٱلۡمَفَرُّ
On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
Al-Qiyamah 75:11
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ
Alas! No refuge!
Al-Qiyamah 75:12
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقَرُّ
Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.
Al-Qiyamah 75:13
يُنَبَّؤُاْ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ
On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.
Al-Qiyamah 75:14
بَلِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفۡسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٞ
Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
Al-Qiyamah 75:15
وَلَوۡ أَلۡقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ
Although he tender his excuses.
Al-Qiyamah 75:16
لَا تُحَرِّكۡ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعۡجَلَ بِهِۦٓ
Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.
Al-Qiyamah 75:17
إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا جَمۡعَهُۥ وَقُرۡءَانَهُۥ
Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.
Al-Qiyamah 75:18
فَإِذَا قَرَأۡنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعۡ قُرۡءَانَهُۥ
And when We read it, follow thou the reading;
Al-Qiyamah 75:19
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا بَيَانَهُۥ
Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.
Al-Qiyamah 75:20
كَلَّا بَلۡ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡعَاجِلَةَ
Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
Al-Qiyamah 75:21
وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَ
And neglect the Hereafter.
Al-Qiyamah 75:22
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ نَّاضِرَةٌ
That day will faces be resplendent,
Al-Qiyamah 75:23
إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٞ
Looking toward their Lord;
Al-Qiyamah 75:24
وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بَاسِرَةٞ
And that day will other faces be despondent,
Al-Qiyamah 75:25
تَظُنُّ أَن يُفۡعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٞ
Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.
Al-Qiyamah 75:26
كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِيَ
Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
Al-Qiyamah 75:27
وَقِيلَ مَنۡۜ رَاقٖ
And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now)?
Al-Qiyamah 75:28
وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلۡفِرَاقُ
And he knoweth that it is the parting;
Al-Qiyamah 75:29
وَٱلۡتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ
And agony is heaped on agony;
Al-Qiyamah 75:30
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡمَسَاقُ
Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
Al-Qiyamah 75:31
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ
For he neither trusted, nor prayed.
Al-Qiyamah 75:32
وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
But he denied and flouted.
Al-Qiyamah 75:33
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ
Then went he to his folk with glee.
Al-Qiyamah 75:34
أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰ
Nearer unto thee and nearer,
Al-Qiyamah 75:35
ثُمَّ أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰٓ
Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).
Al-Qiyamah 75:36
أَيَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتۡرَكَ سُدًى
Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless?
Al-Qiyamah 75:37
أَلَمۡ يَكُ نُطۡفَةٗ مِّن مَّنِيّٖ يُمۡنَىٰ
Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth?
Al-Qiyamah 75:38
ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةٗ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned
Al-Qiyamah 75:39
فَجَعَلَ مِنۡهُ ٱلزَّوۡجَيۡنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰٓ
And made of him a pair, the male and female.
Al-Qiyamah 75:40
أَلَيۡسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحۡـِۧيَ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ
Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life?