Al-Qiyamah

لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ١

lā uq'simu biyawmi l-qiyāmati

I swear by the Day of Resurrection

وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ ٢

walā uq'simu bil-nafsi l-lawāmati

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

أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ ٣

ayaḥsabu l-insānu allan najmaʿa ʿiẓāmahu

Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

بَلَىٰ قَـٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ ٤

balā qādirīna ʿalā an nusawwiya banānahu

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

بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ ٥

bal yurīdu l-insānu liyafjura amāmahu

But man desires to continue in sin.

يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ٦

yasalu ayyāna yawmu l-qiyāmati

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

فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ ٧

fa-idhā bariqa l-baṣaru

So when vision is dazzled.

وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ ٨

wakhasafa l-qamaru

And the moon darkens.

وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ ٩

wajumiʿa l-shamsu wal-qamaru

And the sun and the moon are joined,

يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ ١٠

yaqūlu l-insānu yawma-idhin ayna l-mafaru

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

كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ ١١

kallā lā wazara

No! There is no refuge.

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ ١٢

ilā rabbika yawma-idhin l-mus'taqaru

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

يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ ١٣

yunabba-u l-insānu yawma-idhin bimā qaddama wa-akhara

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

بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌ ١٤

bali l-insānu ʿalā nafsihi baṣīratun

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

وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ ١٥

walaw alqā maʿādhīrahu

Even if he presents his excuses.

لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ ١٦

lā tuḥarrik bihi lisānaka litaʿjala bihi

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

إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ ١٧

inna ʿalaynā jamʿahu waqur'ānahu

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

فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَـٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ ١٨

fa-idhā qaranāhu fa-ittabiʿ qur'ānahu

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

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ ١٩

thumma inna ʿalaynā bayānahu

Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].

كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ ٢٠

kallā bal tuḥibbūna l-ʿājilata

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

وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ ٢١

watadharūna l-ākhirata

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

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ ٢٢

wujūhun yawma-idhin nāḍiratun

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

إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ ٢٣

ilā rabbihā nāẓiratun

Looking at their Lord.

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌ ٢٤

wawujūhun yawma-idhin bāsiratun

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

تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ ٢٥

taẓunnu an yuf'ʿala bihā fāqiratun

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

كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ ٢٦

kallā idhā balaghati l-tarāqiya

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

وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍ ٢٧

waqīla man rāqin

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

وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ ٢٨

waẓanna annahu l-firāqu

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

وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ ٢٩

wal-tafati l-sāqu bil-sāqi

And the leg is wound about the leg,

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ ٣٠

ilā rabbika yawma-idhin l-masāqu

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

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ ٣١

falā ṣaddaqa walā ṣallā

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

وَلَـٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ٣٢

walākin kadhaba watawallā

But [instead], he denied and turned away.

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ ٣٣

thumma dhahaba ilā ahlihi yatamaṭṭā

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

أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ ٣٤

awlā laka fa-awlā

Woe to you, and woe!

ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ ٣٥

thumma awlā laka fa-awlā

Then woe to you, and woe!

أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى ٣٦

ayaḥsabu l-insānu an yut'raka sudan

Does man think that he will be left neglected?

أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِىٍّ يُمْنَىٰ ٣٧

alam yaku nuṭ'fatan min maniyyin yum'nā

Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ٣٨

thumma kāna ʿalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwā

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

فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ ٣٩

fajaʿala min'hu l-zawjayni l-dhakara wal-unthā

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

أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَـٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْـِۧىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ ٤٠

alaysa dhālika biqādirin ʿalā an yuḥ'yiya l-mawtā

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