لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamat
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
I swear by the Day of Resurrection,
Surah 75
Al-Qiyamah
The Resurrection
40 verses · Makkan · revealed 31st
القيامة
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ
Wala oqsimu binnafsi allawwamat
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
and I swear by the self-reproaching conscience, (that Resurrection is a reality.)
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ
Ayahsabu al-insanu allannajmaAAa AAithamah
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
Does man think that We will never reassemble his bones?
بَلَىٰ قَـٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ
Bala qadireena AAala annusawwiya bananah
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
Why (can We) not (do so), while We are able to reset (even) his fingertips perfectly?
بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ
Bal yureedu al-insanu liyafjura amamah
But man desires to continue in sin.
But man wishes to go on violating Allah’s injunctions (even in future) ahead of him.
يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ
Yas-alu ayyana yawmu alqiyama
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
He asks, “When will be this Day of Resurrection?”
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ
Fa-itha bariqa albasar
So when vision is dazzled.
So, when the eyes will be dazzled,
وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ
Wakhasafa alqamar
And the moon darkens.
and the moon will lose its light,
وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ
WajumiAAa ashshamsu walqamar
And the sun and the moon are joined,
and the sun and the moon will be joined together,
يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ
Yaqoolu al-insanu yawma-ithinayna almafar
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
on that day man will say, “Where to escape?”
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ
Kalla la wazar
No! There is no refuge.
Never! There will be no refuge at all.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ
Ila rabbika yawma-ithinalmustaqar
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
On that day, towards your Lord will be the destination (of everyone.)
يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ
Yunabbao al-insanu yawma-ithinbima qaddama waakhkhar
Man will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
Man will be informed of what he sent ahead and what he left behind.
بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌ
Bali al-insanu AAala nafsihibaseera
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
Rather, man will be a witness against himself,
وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ
Walaw alqa maAAatheerah
Even if he presents his excuses.
even though he may offer his excuses.
لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ
La tuharrik bihi lisanakalitaAAjala bih
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muḥammad], to hasten with it [i.e., recitation of the Qur’ān].
(O Prophet,) do not move your tongue (during revelation) for (reciting) it (the Qur’ān) to receive it in hurry.
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waqur-anah
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
It is surely undertaken by Us to store it (in your heart), and to let it be recited (by you after revelation is completed).
فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَـٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ
Fa-itha qara/nahu fattabiAAqur-anah
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
Therefore, when it is recited by Us (through the angel), follow its recitation (by concentration of your heart).
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanah
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
Then, it is undertaken by Us to explain it.
كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajila
No! But you [i.e., mankind] love the immediate
Never, (your denial of Resurrection is never based on any sound reason!) Instead, you love that which is immediate,
وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ
Watatharoona al-akhira
And leave [i.e., neglect] the Hereafter.
and neglect the Hereafter.
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ
Wujoohun yawma-ithin nadira
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
Many faces, that day, will be glowing,
إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ
Ila rabbiha nathira
Looking at their Lord.
looking towards their Lord,
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌ
Wawujoohun yawma-ithin basira
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
and many faces, that day, will be gloomy,
تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ
Tathunnu an yufAAala bihafaqira
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
realizing that a back-breaking calamity is going to be afflicted on them.
كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ
Kalla itha balaghati attaraqiy
No! When it [i.e., the soul] has reached the collar bones
Never, (you will never remain in this world forever!) When the soul (of a patient) reaches the clavicles,
وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍ
Waqeela man raq
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
and it is said, “Who is an enchanter (that can save him?)”
وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ
Wathanna annahu alfiraq
And he [i.e., the dying one] is certain that it is the [time of] separation
and he realizes that it is (the time of) departure (from the world,)
وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ
Waltaffati assaqu bilssaq
And the leg is wound about the leg,
and one shank is intertwined with the other shank,
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ
Ila rabbika yawma-ithin almasaq
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
then on that day, it is to your Lord that one has to be driven.
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ
Fala saddaqa wala salla
And he [i.e., the disbeliever] had not believed, nor had he prayed.
So (the denier of the Hereafter) neither believed, nor prayed,
وَلَـٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
but rejected the truth and turned away (from it),
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihiyatamatta
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
then he went to his home, puffed up with pride.
أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ
Awla laka faawla
Woe to you, and woe!
(It will be said to such a man,) Woe to you, then woe to you!
ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ
Thumma awla laka faawla
Then woe to you, and woe!
Again, woe to you, then woe to you!
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى
Ayahsabu al-insanu an yutrakasuda
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
Does man presume that he will be left unchecked?
أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِىٍّ يُمْنَىٰ
Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
Was he not an ejaculated drop of semen?
ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqafasawwa
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allāh] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
Then he became a clot of blood, then He created (him) and made (him) perfect,
فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ
FajaAAala minhu azzawjayni aththakarawal-ontha
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
and made from him two kinds, male and female.
أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَـٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْـِۧىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ
Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAalaan yuhyiya almawta
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?
Has He no power to give life to the dead?