Al-Qiyamah

۞ لَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِیَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِیَـٰمَةِ

Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection

وَلَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلنَّفۡسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ

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

أَیَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجۡمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ

Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones

بَلَىٰ قَـٰدِرِینَ عَلَىٰۤ أَن نُّسَوِّیَ بَنَانَهُۥ

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

بَلۡ یُرِیدُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ لِیَفۡجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ

But man would fain deny what is before him

یَسۡءَلُ أَیَّانَ یَوۡمُ ٱلۡقِیَـٰمَةِ

He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection

فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ

But when sight is confounded

وَخَسَفَ ٱلۡقَمَرُ

And the moon is eclipsed

وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ

And sun and moon are united

یَقُولُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ یَوۡمَئِذٍ أَیۡنَ ٱلۡمَفَرُّ

On that day man will cry: Whither to flee

كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ

Alas! No refuge

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ یَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقَرُّ

Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day

یُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ یَوۡمَئِذِۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ

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

بَلِ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفۡسِهِۦ بَصِیرَةࣱ

Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself

وَلَوۡ أَلۡقَىٰ مَعَاذِیرَهُۥ

Although he tender his excuses

لَا تُحَرِّكۡ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعۡجَلَ بِهِۦۤ

Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it

إِنَّ عَلَیۡنَا جَمۡعَهُۥ وَقُرۡءَانَهُۥ

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

فَإِذَا قَرَأۡنَـٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعۡ قُرۡءَانَهُۥ

And when We read it, follow thou the reading

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَیۡنَا بَیَانَهُۥ

Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof

كَلَّا بَلۡ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡعَاجِلَةَ

Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now

وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلۡءَاخِرَةَ

And neglect the Hereafter

وُجُوهࣱ یَوۡمَئِذࣲ نَّاضِرَةٌ

That day will faces be resplendent

إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةࣱ

Looking toward their Lord

وَوُجُوهࣱ یَوۡمَئِذِۭ بَاسِرَةࣱ

And that day will other faces be despondent

تَظُنُّ أَن یُفۡعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةࣱ

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

كَلَّاۤ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِیَ

Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat

وَقِیلَ مَنۡۜ رَاقࣲ

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

وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلۡفِرَاقُ

And he knoweth that it is the parting

وَٱلۡتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ

And agony is heaped on agony

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ یَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡمَسَاقُ

Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ

For he neither trusted, nor prayed

وَلَـٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

But he denied and flouted

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰۤ أَهۡلِهِۦ یَتَمَطَّىٰۤ

Then went he to his folk with glee

أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰ

Nearer unto thee and nearer

ثُمَّ أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰۤ

Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom)

أَیَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ أَن یُتۡرَكَ سُدًى

Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless

أَلَمۡ یَكُ نُطۡفَةࣰ مِّن مَّنِیࣲّ یُمۡنَىٰ

Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةࣰ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

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

فَجَعَلَ مِنۡهُ ٱلزَّوۡجَیۡنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰۤ

And made of him a pair, the male and female

أَلَیۡسَ ذَ ٰلِكَ بِقَـٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰۤ أَن یُحۡـِۧیَ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ

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