Al-Qiyamah · The Resurrection

لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ ١

La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati

I swear by the Day of Resurrection

وَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلنَّفۡسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ ٢

Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati

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

أَيَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجۡمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ ٣

Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu

Does man think that We will not assemble his bones

بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهُۥ ٤

Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu

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

بَلۡ يُرِيدُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفۡجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ ٥

Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu

But man desires to continue in sin

يَسۡـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوۡمُ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ ٦

Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati

He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection

فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ ٧

Faitha bariqa albasaru

So when vision is dazzled

وَخَسَفَ ٱلۡقَمَرُ ٨

Wakhasafa alqamaru

And the moon darkens

وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ ٩

WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru

And the sun and the moon are joined

يَقُولُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ يَوۡمَئِذٍ أَيۡنَ ٱلۡمَفَرُّ ١٠

Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru

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

كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ ١١

Kalla la wazara

No! There is no refuge

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقَرُّ ١٢

Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru

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

يُنَبَّؤُاْ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ ١٣

Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara

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

بَلِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفۡسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٞ ١٤

Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun

Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness

وَلَوۡ أَلۡقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ ١٥

Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu

Even if he presents his excuses

لَا تُحَرِّكۡ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعۡجَلَ بِهِۦٓ ١٦

La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi

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

إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا جَمۡعَهُۥ وَقُرۡءَانَهُۥ ١٧

Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu

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

فَإِذَا قَرَأۡنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعۡ قُرۡءَانَهُۥ ١٨

Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu

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

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا بَيَانَهُۥ ١٩

Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu

Then upon Us is its clarification [to you]

كَلَّا بَلۡ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡعَاجِلَةَ ٢٠

Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata

No! But you love the immediate

وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَ ٢١

Watatharoona alakhirata

And leave the Hereafter

وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ نَّاضِرَةٌ ٢٢

Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun

[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant

إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٞ ٢٣

Ila rabbiha nathiratun

Looking at their Lord

وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بَاسِرَةٞ ٢٤

Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun

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

تَظُنُّ أَن يُفۡعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٞ ٢٥

Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun

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

كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِيَ ٢٦

Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya

No! When the soul has reached the collar bones

وَقِيلَ مَنۡۜ رَاقٖ ٢٧

Waqeela man raqin

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

وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلۡفِرَاقُ ٢٨

Wathanna annahu alfiraqu

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

وَٱلۡتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ ٢٩

Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi

And the leg is wound about the leg

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡمَسَاقُ ٣٠

Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu

To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ ٣١

Fala saddaqa wala salla

And the disbeliever had not believed, nor had he prayed

وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ٣٢

Walakin kaththaba watawalla

But [instead], he denied and turned away

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ ٣٣

Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta

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

أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰ ٣٤

Awla laka faawla

Woe to you, and woe

ثُمَّ أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰٓ ٣٥

Thumma awla laka faawla

Then woe to you, and woe

أَيَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتۡرَكَ سُدًى ٣٦

Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan

Does man think that he will be left neglected

أَلَمۡ يَكُ نُطۡفَةٗ مِّن مَّنِيّٖ يُمۡنَىٰ ٣٧

Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna

Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةٗ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ٣٨

Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa

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

فَجَعَلَ مِنۡهُ ٱلزَّوۡجَيۡنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰٓ ٣٩

FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha

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

أَلَيۡسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحۡـِۧيَ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ ٤٠

Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta

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