سُورَةُ القِيَامَةِ

I swear by the Day of Resurrection

Laaa uqsimu bi yawmil qiyaamah

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

Wa laaa uqsimu bin nafsil lawwaamah

Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

Ayahsabul insaanu al lan najm'a 'izaamah

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

Balaa qaadireena 'alaaa an nusawwiya banaanah

But man desires to continue in sin.

Bal yureedul insaanu liyafjura amaamah

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

Yas'alu ayyyaana yawmul qiyaamah

So when vision is dazzled

Fa izaa bariqal basar

And the moon darkens

We khasafal qamar

And the sun and the moon are joined,

Wa jumi'ash shamusu wal qamar

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

Yaqoolul insaanu yaw ma 'izin aynal mafarr

No! There is no refuge.

Kallaa laa wazar

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

Ilaa rabbika yawma 'izinil mustaqarr

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

Yunabba 'ul insaanu yawma 'izim bimaa qaddama wa akhkhar

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

Balil insaanu 'alaa nafsihee baseerah

Even if he presents his excuses.

Wa law alqaa ma'aazeerah

Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.

Laa tuharrik bihee lisaa naka lita'jala bih

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

Inna 'alainaa jam'ahoo wa qur aanah

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

Fa izaa qaraanaahu fattabi' qur aanah

Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].

Summa inna 'alainaa bayaanah

No! But you love the immediate

Kallaa bal tuhibboonal 'aajilah

And leave the Hereafter.

Wa tazaroonal Aakhirah

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

Wujoohuny yawma 'izin naadirah

Looking at their Lord.

Ilaa rabbihaa naazirah

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

Wa wujoohuny yawma 'izim baasirah

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

Tazunnu any yuf'ala bihaa faaqirah

No! When the soul has reached the collar bones

Kallaaa izaa balaghatit taraaqee

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

Wa qeela man raaq

And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation

Wa zanna annahul firaaq

And the leg is wound about the leg,

Waltaffatis saaqu bissaaq

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

Ilaa rabbika yawma'izinil masaaq

And the disbeliever had not believed, nor had he prayed.

Falaa saddaqa wa laa sallaa

But [instead], he denied and turned away.

Wa laakin kazzaba wa tawalla

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

Summa zahaba ilaaa ahlihee yatamatta

Woe to you, and woe!

Awlaa laka fa awlaa

Then woe to you, and woe!

Summa awlaa laka fa awla

Does man think that he will be left neglected?

Ayahsabul insaanu anyytraka sudaa

Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

Alam yaku nutfatam mim maniyyiny yumnaa

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

Summa kaana 'alaqata fakhalaq fasawwaa

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

Faja'ala minhuz zawjayniz zakara wal unsaa

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

Alaisa zaalika biqaadirin 'alaaa any yuhyiyal mawtaa