Surah Qiyamah — The Resurrection

لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ 75:1

La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamat

Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;

وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ 75:2

Wala oqsimu binnafsi allawwamat

Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).

أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ 75:3

Ayahsabu al-insanu allannajmaAAa AAithamah

Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones?

بَلَىٰ قَـٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ 75:4

Bala qadireena AAala annusawwiya bananah

Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!

بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ 75:5

Bal yureedu al-insanu liyafjura amamah

But man would fain deny what is before him.

يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ 75:6

Yas-alu ayyana yawmu alqiyama

He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection?

فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ 75:7

Fa-itha bariqa albasar

But when sight is confounded

وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ 75:8

Wakhasafa alqamar

And the moon is eclipsed

وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ 75:9

WajumiAAa ashshamsu walqamar

And sun and moon are united,

يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ 75:10

Yaqoolu al-insanu yawma-ithinayna almafar

On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!

كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ 75:11

Kalla la wazar

Alas! No refuge!

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ 75:12

Ila rabbika yawma-ithinalmustaqar

Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.

يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ 75:13

Yunabbao al-insanu yawma-ithinbima qaddama waakhkhar

On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.

بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌ 75:14

Bali al-insanu AAala nafsihibaseera

Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,

وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ 75:15

Walaw alqa maAAatheerah

Although he tender his excuses.

لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ 75:16

La tuharrik bihi lisanakalitaAAjala bih

Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.

إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ 75:17

Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waqur-anah

Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.

فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَـٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ 75:18

Fa-itha qara/nahu fattabiAAqur-anah

And when We read it, follow thou the reading;

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ 75:19

Thumma inna AAalayna bayanah

Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.

كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ 75:20

Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajila

Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now

وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ 75:21

Watatharoona al-akhira

And neglect the Hereafter.

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ 75:22

Wujoohun yawma-ithin nadira

That day will faces be resplendent,

إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ 75:23

Ila rabbiha nathira

Looking toward their Lord;

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌ 75:24

Wawujoohun yawma-ithin basira

And that day will other faces be despondent,

تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ 75:25

Tathunnu an yufAAala bihafaqira

Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.

كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ 75:26

Kalla itha balaghati attaraqiy

Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat

وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍ 75:27

Waqeela man raq

And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now)?

وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ 75:28

Wathanna annahu alfiraq

And he knoweth that it is the parting;

وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ 75:29

Waltaffati assaqu bilssaq

And agony is heaped on agony;

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ 75:30

Ila rabbika yawma-ithin almasaq

Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ 75:31

Fala saddaqa wala salla

For he neither trusted, nor prayed.

وَلَـٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ 75:32

Walakin kaththaba watawalla

But he denied and flouted.

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ 75:33

Thumma thahaba ila ahlihiyatamatta

Then went he to his folk with glee.

أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ 75:34

Awla laka faawla

Nearer unto thee and nearer,

ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ 75:35

Thumma awla laka faawla

Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).

أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى 75:36

Ayahsabu al-insanu an yutrakasuda

Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless?

أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِىٍّ يُمْنَىٰ 75:37

Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna

Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth?

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ 75:38

Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqafasawwa

Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned

فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ 75:39

FajaAAala minhu azzawjayni aththakarawal-ontha

And made of him a pair, the male and female.

أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَـٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْـِۧىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ 75:40

Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAalaan yuhyiya almawta

Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life?