Al-Qiyamah

لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ ١

Lā uqsimu biyawmil-qiyāmah.

I swear by the Day of Resurrection

وَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلنَّفۡسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ ٢

Wa lā uqsimu bin-nafsil-lawwāmah.

And I swear by the reproaching soul¹ [to the certainty of resurrection].

أَيَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجۡمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ ٣

Ayaḥsabul-insānu allan najmaʿa ʿiẓāmah.

Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهُۥ ٤

Balā qādirīna ʿalā an nusawwiya banānah.

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

بَلۡ يُرِيدُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفۡجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ ٥

Bal yurīdul-insānu liyafjura amāmah.

But man desires to continue in sin.¹

يَسۡـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوۡمُ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ ٦

Yasʾalu ayyāna yawmul-qiyāmah.

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

فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ ٧

Fa idhā bariqal-baṣar.

So when vision is dazzled

وَخَسَفَ ٱلۡقَمَرُ ٨

Wa khasafal-qamar.

And the moon darkens

وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ ٩

Wa jumiʿash-shamsu wal-qamar.

And the sun and the moon are joined,

يَقُولُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ يَوۡمَئِذٍ أَيۡنَ ٱلۡمَفَرُّ ١٠

Yaqūlul-insānu yawmaʾidhin aynal-mafarr.

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

كـَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ ١١

Kallā lā wazar.

No! There is no refuge.

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقَرُّ ١٢

Ilā rabbika yawmaʾidhinil-mustaqarr.

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

يُنَبَّؤُاْ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ ١٣

Yunabbaʾul-insānu yawmaʾidhim bimā qaddama wa akhkhar.

Man will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead¹ and kept back.²

بَلِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفۡسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٞ ١٤

Balil-insānu ʿalā nafsihī baṣīrah.

Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,¹

وَلَوۡ أَلۡقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ ١٥

Wa law alqā maʿādhīrah.

Even if he presents his excuses.

لَا تُحَرِّكۡ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعۡجَلَ بِهِۦٓ ١٦

Lā tuḥarrik bihī lisānaka litaʿjala bih.

Move not your tongue with it, [O Muḥammad], to hasten with it [i.e., recitation of the Qur’ān].

إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا جَمۡعَهُۥ وَقُرۡءَانَهُۥ ١٧

Inna ʿalaynā jamʿahū wa qurʾānah.

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

فَإِذَا قَرَأۡنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعۡ قُرۡءَانَهُۥ ١٨

Fa idhā qaraʾnāhu fattabiʿ qurʾānah.

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

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا بَيَانَهُۥ ١٩

Thumma inna ʿalaynā bayānah.

Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].

كـَلَّا بَلۡ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡعَاجِلَةَ ٢٠

Kallā bal tuḥibbūnal-ʿājilah.

No! But you [i.e., mankind] love the immediate

وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَ ٢١

Wa tadharūnal-ākhirah.

And leave [i.e., neglect] the Hereafter.

وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ نَّاضِرَةٌ ٢٢

Wujūhuy yawmaʾidhin nāḍirah.

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

إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٞ ٢٣

Ilā rabbihā nāẓirah.

Looking at their Lord.¹

وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بَاسِرَةٞ ٢٤

Wa wujūhuy yawmaʾidhim bāsirah.

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

تَظُنُّ أَن يُفۡعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٞ ٢٥

Taẓunnu ay yufʿala bihā fāqirah.

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

كـَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِيَ ٢٦

Kallā idhā balaghatit-tarāqiy.

No! When it [i.e., the soul] has reached the collar bones¹

وَقِيلَ مَنۡۜ رَاقٖ ٢٧

Wa qīla mar rāq.

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

وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلۡفِرَاقُ ٢٨

Wa ẓanna annahul-firāq.

And he [i.e., the dying one] is certain that it is the [time of] separation

وَٱلۡتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ ٢٩

Wal-taffatis-sāqu bis-sāq.

And the leg is wound about the leg,¹

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡمَسَاقُ ٣٠

Ilā rabbika yawmaʾidhinil-masāq.

To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.¹

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ ٣١

Falā ṣaddaqa wa lā ṣallā.

And he [i.e., the disbeliever] had not believed, nor had he prayed.

وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ٣٢

Wa lākin kadhdhaba wa tawallā.

But [instead], he denied and turned away.

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ ٣٣

Thumma dhahaba ilā ahlihī yatamaṭṭā.

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

أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰ ٣٤

Awlā laka fa awlā.

Woe to you, and woe!

ثُمَّ أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰٓ ٣٥

Thumma awlā laka fa awlā.

Then woe to you, and woe!

أَيَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتۡرَكَ سُدًى ٣٦

Ayaḥsabul-insānu ay yutraka sudā.

Does man think that he will be left neglected?¹

أَلَمۡ يَكُ نُطۡفَةٗ مِّن مَّنِيّٖ يُمۡنَىٰ ٣٧

Alam yaku nuṭfatam mim maniyyiy yumnā.

Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةٗ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ٣٨

Thumma kāna ʿalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwā.

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

فَجَعَلَ مِنۡهُ ٱلزَّوۡجَيۡنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰٓ ٣٩

Fajaʿala minhuz-zawjaynidh-dhakara wal-unthā.

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

أَلَيۡسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحۡـِۧيَ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ ٤٠

Alaysa dhālika biqādirin ʿalā ay yuḥyiyal-mawtā.

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