لَا أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ (1)
Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection |
وَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالنَّفْسِ اللَّوَّامَةِ (2)
and nay, I swear by the self-reproaching soul |
أَيَحْسَبُ الْإِنسَانُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُ (3)
Does man imagine that We will not be able to bring his bones together again |
بَلَىٰ قَادِرِينَ عَلَىٰ أَن نُّسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهُ (4)
Yes indeed; We have the power to remould even his finger-tips |
بَلْ يُرِيدُ الْإِنسَانُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُ (5)
But man desires to persist in his evil ways |
يَسْأَلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ (6)
He asks: “When will the Day of Resurrection be?” |
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ الْبَصَرُ (7)
When the sight is dazed |
وَخَسَفَ الْقَمَرُ (8)
and the moon is eclipsed |
وَجُمِعَ الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ (9)
and the sun and the moon are joined together |
يَقُولُ الْإِنسَانُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ الْمَفَرُّ (10)
on that Day will man say: “Whither the refuge?” |
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ (11)
No, there is no refuge |
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ الْمُسْتَقَرُّ (12)
With your Lord alone will be the retreat that Day |
يُنَبَّأُ الْإِنسَانُ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ (13)
On that Day will man be apprised of his deeds, both the earlier and the later |
بَلِ الْإِنسَانُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِ بَصِيرَةٌ (14)
But lo, man is well aware of himself |
وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُ (15)
even though he might make up excuses |
لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِ (16)
(O Prophet), do not stir your tongue hastily (to commit the Revelation to memory) |
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُ وَقُرْآنَهُ (17)
Surely it is for Us to have you commit it to memory and to recite it |
فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَاهُ فَاتَّبِعْ قُرْآنَهُ (18)
And so when We recite it, follow its recitation attentively |
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُ (19)
then it will be for Us to explain it |
كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ الْعَاجِلَةَ (20)
Nay; the truth is that you love ardently (the good of this world) that can be obtained hastily |
وَتَذَرُونَ الْآخِرَةَ (21)
and are oblivious of the Hereafter |
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ (22)
Some faces on that Day will be fresh and resplendent |
إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ (23)
and will be looking towards their Lord |
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ بَاسِرَةٌ (24)
and some faces on that Day will be gloomy |
تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ (25)
believing that a crushing calamity is about to strike them |
كَلَّا إِذَا بَلَغَتِ التَّرَاقِيَ (26)
Nay; when a man's soul reaches up to the throat |
وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍ (27)
and it is said: “Is there any enchanter who can step forward and help (by his chanting)?” |
وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ الْفِرَاقُ (28)
and he realises that the hour of parting is come |
وَالْتَفَّتِ السَّاقُ بِالسَّاقِ (29)
and calf is inter-twined with calf |
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ الْمَسَاقُ (30)
On that Day you will be driven to your Lord |
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ (31)
But he did not verify the Truth, nor did he observe Prayer |
وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ (32)
on the contrary, he gave the lie to the Truth and turned his back upon it |
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ يَتَمَطَّىٰ (33)
then he went back to his kinsfolk, elated with pride |
أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ (34)
This (attitude) is worthy of you, altogether worthy |
ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ (35)
again, it is worthy of you, altogether worthy |
أَيَحْسَبُ الْإِنسَانُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى (36)
Does man think that he will be left alone, unquestioned |
أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِيٍّ يُمْنَىٰ (37)
Was he not a drop of ejaculated semen |
ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ (38)
then he became a clot, and then Allah made it into a living body and proportioned its parts |
فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ الزَّوْجَيْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالْأُنثَىٰ (39)
and then He made of him a pair, male and female |
أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَادِرٍ عَلَىٰ أَن يُحْيِيَ الْمَوْتَىٰ (40)
Does He, then, not have the power to bring back the dead to life |
