لَا أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ (1)
I swear by the Day of Resurrection |
وَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالنَّفْسِ اللَّوَّامَةِ (2)
and by the self - reproaching soul |
أَيَحْسَبُ الْإِنسَانُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُ (3)
Does man think We are unable to assemble his bones? But indeed We are, even after they have been scattered or reduced to dust |
بَلَىٰ قَادِرِينَ عَلَىٰ أَن نُّسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهُ (4)
But also each finger tip with its mark or prints We will be able to reconstruct |
بَلْ يُرِيدُ الْإِنسَانُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُ (5)
Indeed, impudent is he who has no shame of his sins |
يَسْأَلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ (6)
and in positive unbelief he asks as to when is that alleged Day of Resurrection |
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ الْبَصَرُ (7)
Then when the sight is dazed by terror and fright |
وَخَسَفَ الْقَمَرُ (8)
and the moon is eclipsed and reflects no light |
وَجُمِعَ الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ (9)
and the sun and the moon lose orbit and draw together in one mass and go out of shape |
يَقُولُ الْإِنسَانُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ الْمَفَرُّ (10)
Shall man wonder as to which way to turn in order to have recourse to a shelter as a means of escape |
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ (11)
But never; there is no shelter to recourse to |
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ الْمُسْتَقَرُّ (12)
For now to Allah, your Creator, does the one - way journey proceed |
يُنَبَّأُ الْإِنسَانُ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ (13)
There and then shall man be informed of all the good he had done and the evil he committed and of all he had neglected or omitted |
بَلِ الْإِنسَانُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِ بَصِيرَةٌ (14)
Each one shall be his own witness, and his deeds shall be a witness of his worth. He knows exactly all that he had done and he also knows if he had perverted best things to worst abuse or to their meanest use |
وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُ (15)
and of no import shall be his excuse |
لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِ (16)
Do not rush O Muhammad to speak, but hold your tongue and listen to what the Angel relates |
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُ وَقُرْآنَهُ (17)
We are responsible for imprinting it in your heart and impressing it on your mind, and We are responsible for its compilation and for its perusal |
فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَاهُ فَاتَّبِعْ قُرْآنَهُ (18)
When We read it to you, you follow its intonation |
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُ (19)
We are responsible for its interpretation |
كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ الْعَاجِلَةَ (20)
No, but you people value only the life here which is evanescent and ephemeral not lasting and faster than arrows |
وَتَذَرُونَ الْآخِرَةَ (21)
You ignore the great momentous Hereafter |
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ (22)
There and then some faces shall feature radiant countenance expressive of deeply felt joy |
إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ (23)
derived from the countenance of Allah their Creator, c1othing their souls with the comely vesture of virtue and innocence, as a feature of the visible radiance of the divine |
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ بَاسِرَةٌ (24)
Other faces will be expressive of gloom and dismay |
تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ (25)
Expecting the calamity of the heavy debt to Allah which they will have to pay |
كَلَّا إِذَا بَلَغَتِ التَّرَاقِيَ (26)
No, but when the death - rattle is impending and it is time for the soul to part |
وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍ (27)
and a hopeless effort is being made in search of a healer to restore his soul |
وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ الْفِرَاقُ (28)
But it is concluded that death is impending and he is to depart |
وَالْتَفَّتِ السَّاقُ بِالسَّاقِ (29)
Now both legs are laid across each other in preparation |
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ الْمَسَاقُ (30)
For a one - way journey; and to Allah his Creator is the destination |
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ (31)
No, but he was never disposed to benevolence nor did he engage in the act of worship |
وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ (32)
But he had refused to acknowledge the divine message and closed his heart's ears to the truth |
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ يَتَمَطَّىٰ (33)
and among his people he walked upon air and exercised self – conceit |
أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ (34)
So now, it serves you right |
ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ (35)
Indeed it serves you right |
أَيَحْسَبُ الْإِنسَانُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى (36)
Does man think he could do what he will and act without restriction or limitation and neglect his duties and his obligations to Allah, and get away with it |
أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِيٍّ يُمْنَىٰ (37)
Was he not a Notfa (sperm) in a seminal fluid that is emitted |
ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ (38)
Then by union with its counterpart it became Notfa Amshag* "zygote" which developed into a clinging organism. Then Allah has given it form and shape, proportions and a constitution ensuring that the individual is not alone human, but unique - from the pattern of the finger prints to the number, colour, shape and length of the eyelashes, - ref. Human Embryology M.j.T.Fitz Gerald M.D., London |
فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ الزَّوْجَيْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالْأُنثَىٰ (39)
and from this male seed "sperm" did He make the two sex divisions of organic beings the male and the female |
أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَادِرٍ عَلَىٰ أَن يُحْيِيَ الْمَوْتَىٰ (40)
Absolute as He is, Will He not be able to raise the dead when all creation is His |
