Al-Qiyāmah

لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ

La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamat

By the Day of Resurrection

وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ

Wala oqsimu binnafsi allawwamat

and by the self-reproaching soul!

أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ

Ayahsabu al-insanu allannajmaAAa AAithamah

Does man think We shall not put his bones back together?

بَلَىٰ قَـٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ

Bala qadireena AAala annusawwiya bananah

In fact, We can reshape his very fingertips.

بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ

Bal yureedu al-insanu liyafjura amamah

Yet man wants to deny what is ahead of him:

يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ

Yas-alu ayyana yawmu alqiyama

he says, ‘So, when will this Day of Resurrection be?’

فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ

Fa-itha bariqa albasar

When eyes are dazzled

وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ

Wakhasafa alqamar

and the moon eclipsed,

وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ

WajumiAAa ashshamsu walqamar

when the sun and the moon are brought together,

يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ

Yaqoolu al-insanu yawma-ithinayna almafar

on that Day man will say, ‘Where can I escape?’

كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ

Kalla la wazar

Truly, there is no refuge:

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ

Ila rabbika yawma-ithinalmustaqar

they will all return to your Lord on that Day.

يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ

Yunabbao al-insanu yawma-ithinbima qaddama waakhkhar

On that Day, man will be told what he put first and what he put last.

بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌ

Bali al-insanu AAala nafsihibaseera

Truly, man is a clear witness against himself,

وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ

Walaw alqa maAAatheerah

despite all the excuses he may put forward.

لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ

La tuharrik bihi lisanakalitaAAjala bih

[Prophet], do not rush your tongue in an attempt to hasten [your memorization of] the Revelation:

إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ

Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waqur-anah

We shall make sure of its safe collection and recitation.

فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَـٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ

Fa-itha qara/nahu fattabiAAqur-anah

When We have recited it, repeat the recitation

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ

Thumma inna AAalayna bayanah

and We shall make it clear.

كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ

Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajila

Truly you [people] love this fleeting world

وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ

Watatharoona al-akhira

and neglect the life to come.

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ

Wujoohun yawma-ithin nadira

On that Day there will be radiant faces,

إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ

Ila rabbiha nathira

looking towards their Lord,

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌ

Wawujoohun yawma-ithin basira

and on that Day there will be the sad and despairing faces

تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ

Tathunnu an yufAAala bihafaqira

of those who realize that a great calamity is about to befall them.

كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ

Kalla itha balaghati attaraqiy

Truly, when the soul reaches the collarbone;

وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍ

Waqeela man raq

when it is said, ‘Could any charm-healer save him now?’;

وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ

Wathanna annahu alfiraq

when he knows it is the final parting;

وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ

Waltaffati assaqu bilssaq

when his legs are brought together:

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ

Ila rabbika yawma-ithin almasaq

on that day he will be driven towards your Lord.

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ

Fala saddaqa wala salla

He neither believed nor prayed,

وَلَـٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

Walakin kaththaba watawalla

but denied the truth and turned away,

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ

Thumma thahaba ila ahlihiyatamatta

walking back to his people with a conceited swagger.

أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ

Awla laka faawla

Closer and closer it comes to you.

ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ

Thumma awla laka faawla

Closer and closer still.

أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى

Ayahsabu al-insanu an yutrakasuda

Does man think he will be left alone?

أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِىٍّ يُمْنَىٰ

Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna

Was he not just a drop of spilt-out sperm,

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqafasawwa

which became a clinging form, which God shaped in due proportion,

فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ

FajaAAala minhu azzawjayni aththakarawal-ontha

fashioning from it the two sexes, male and female?

أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَـٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْـِۧىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ

Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAalaan yuhyiya almawta

Does He who can do this not have the power to bring the dead back to life?