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75. Surah Al-Qiyamah The Resurrection

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  • بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ

    Bismi Allahi arrahmani arraheem

    In the name of Allah, All-Merciful, Most Merciful

  • 1.

    لَٓا اُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ الْقِيٰمَةِۙ

    La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamat

    No! I swear by the Day of Rising!

  • 2.

    وَلَٓا اُقْسِمُ بِالنَّفْسِ اللَّوَّامَةِ

    Wala oqsimu binnafsi allawwamat

    No! I swear by the self-reproaching self.

  • 3.

    اَيَحْسَبُ الْاِنْسَانُ اَلَّنْ نَجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۜ

    Ayahsabu al-insanu allannajmaAAa AAithamah

    Does man imagine We will not reassemble his bones?

  • 4.

    بَلٰى قَادِر۪ينَ عَلٰٓى اَنْ نُسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهُ

    Bala qadireena AAala annusawwiya bananah

    On the contrary! We are well able to reshape his fingers.

  • 5.

    بَلْ يُر۪يدُ الْاِنْسَانُ لِيَفْجُرَ اَمَامَهُۚ

    Bal yureedu al-insanu liyafjura amamah

    Yet man still wants to deny what is ahead of him,

  • 6.

    يَسْـَٔلُ اَيَّانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيٰمَةِۜ

    Yas-alu ayyana yawmu alqiyama

    asking, ‘So when is the Day of Rising?’

  • 7.

    فَاِذَا بَرِقَ الْبَصَرُۙ

    Fa-itha bariqa albasar

    But when the eyesight is dazzled,

  • 8.

    وَخَسَفَ الْقَمَرُۙ

    Wakhasafa alqamar

    and the moon is eclipsed,

  • 9.

    وَجُمِعَ الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُۙ

    WajumiAAa ashshamsu walqamar

    and the sun and moon are fused together,

  • 10.

    يَقُولُ الْاِنْسَانُ يَوْمَئِذٍ اَيْنَ الْمَفَرُّۚ

    Yaqoolu al-insanu yawma-ithinayna almafar

    on that Day man will say, ‘Where can I run?’

  • 11.

    كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَۚ

    Kalla la wazar

    No indeed! There will be no safe place.

  • 12.

    اِلٰى رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍۨ الْمُسْتَقَرُّۜ

    Ila rabbika yawma-ithinalmustaqar

    That Day the only resting place will be your Lord.

  • 13.

    يُنَبَّؤُا الْاِنْسَانُ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَاَخَّرَۜ

    Yunabbao al-insanu yawma-ithinbima qaddama waakhkhar

    That Day man will be told what he did and failed to do.

  • 14.

    بَلِ الْاِنْسَانُ عَلٰى نَفْسِه۪ بَص۪يرَةٌۙ

    Bali al-insanu AAala nafsihibaseera

    In fact, man will be clear proof against himself

  • 15.

    وَلَوْ اَلْقٰى مَعَاذ۪يرَهُۜ

    Walaw alqa maAAatheerah

    in spite of any excuses he might offer.

  • 16.

    لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِه۪ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِه۪ۜ

    La tuharrik bihi lisanakalitaAAjala bih

    Do not move your tongue trying to hasten it.

  • 17.

    اِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُ وَقُرْاٰنَهُۚ

    Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waqur-anah

    Its collection and recitation are Our affair.

  • 18.

    فَاِذَا قَرَأْنَاهُ فَاتَّبِعْ قُرْاٰنَهُۚ

    Fa-itha qara/nahu fattabiAAqur-anah

    So when We recite it, follow its recitation.

  • 19.

    ثُمَّ اِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۜ

    Thumma inna AAalayna bayanah

    Then its explanation is Our concern.

  • 20.

    كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ الْعَاجِلَةَۙ

    Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajila

    No indeed! But you love this fleeting world

  • 21.

    وَتَذَرُونَ الْاٰخِرَةَۜ

    Watatharoona al-akhira

    and you disregard the Next World.

  • 22.

    وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَاضِرَةٌۙ

    Wujoohun yawma-ithin nadira

    Faces that Day will be radiant,

  • 23.

    اِلٰى رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌۚ

    Ila rabbiha nathira

    gazing at their Lord.

  • 24.

    وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ بَاسِرَةٌۙ

    Wawujoohun yawma-ithin basira

    And faces that Day will be glowering,

  • 25.

    تَظُنُّ اَنْ يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌۜ

    Tathunnu an yufAAala bihafaqira

    realising that a back-breaking blow has fallen.

  • 26.

    كَلَّٓا اِذَا بَلَغَتِ التَّرَاقِيَۙ

    Kalla itha balaghati attaraqiy

    No indeed! When it reaches the gullet

  • 27.

    وَق۪يلَ مَنْ۔ رَاقٍۙ

    Waqeela man raq

    and he hears the words, ‘Who can heal him now?’

  • 28.

    وَظَنَّ اَنَّهُ الْفِرَاقُۙ

    Wathanna annahu alfiraq

    and he knows it is indeed the final parting,

  • 29.

    وَالْتَفَّتِ السَّاقُ بِالسَّاقِۙ

    Waltaffati assaqu bilssaq

    and one leg is entwined with the other:

  • 30.

    اِلٰى رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍۨ الْمَسَاقُۜ‌۟

    Ila rabbika yawma-ithin almasaq

    that Day he will be driven to your Lord.

  • 31.

    فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلّٰىۙ

    Fala saddaqa wala salla

    He neither affirmed the truth nor did he do salat,

  • 32.

    وَلٰـكِنْ كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلّٰىۙ

    Walakin kaththaba watawalla

    but rather denied the truth and turned away.

  • 33.

    ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ اِلٰٓى اَهْلِه۪ يَتَمَطّٰىۜ

    Thumma thahaba ila ahlihiyatamatta

    and then went off to his family, swaggering.

  • 34.

    اَوْلٰى لَكَ فَاَوْلٰىۙ

    Awla laka faawla

    It is coming closer to you and closer.

  • 35.

    ثُمَّ اَوْلٰى لَكَ فَاَوْلٰىۜ

    Thumma awla laka faawla

    Then closer to you and closer still.

  • 36.

    اَيَحْسَبُ الْاِنْسَانُ اَنْ يُتْرَكَ سُدًىۜ

    Ayahsabu al-insanu an yutrakasuda

    Does man reckon he will be left to go on unchecked?

  • 37.

    اَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِنْ مَنِيٍّ يُمْنٰىۙ

    Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna

    Was he not a drop of ejaculated sperm,

  • 38.

    ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوّٰىۙ

    Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqafasawwa

    then a blood-clot which He created and shaped,

  • 39.

    فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ الزَّوْجَيْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالْاُنْثٰىۜ

    FajaAAala minhu azzawjayni aththakarawal-ontha

    making from it both sexes, male and female?

  • 40.

    اَلَيْسَ ذٰلِكَ بِقَادِرٍ عَلٰٓى اَنْ يُحْيِيَ الْمَوْتٰى

    Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAalaan yuhyiya almawta

    Is He who does this not able to bring the dead to life?