Al-Qiyamah

I swear by the Day of Resurrection

lā uq'simu biyawmi l-qiyāmati

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

walā uq'simu bil-nafsi l-lawāmati

Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

ayaḥsabu l-insānu allan najmaʿa ʿiẓāmahu

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

balā qādirīna ʿalā an nusawwiya banānahu

But man desires to continue in sin.

bal yurīdu l-insānu liyafjura amāmahu

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

yasalu ayyāna yawmu l-qiyāmati

So when vision is dazzled

fa-idhā bariqa l-baṣaru

And the moon darkens

wakhasafa l-qamaru

And the sun and the moon are joined,

wajumiʿa l-shamsu wal-qamaru

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

yaqūlu l-insānu yawma-idhin ayna l-mafaru

No! There is no refuge.

kallā lā wazara

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

ilā rabbika yawma-idhin l-mus'taqaru

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

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

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

bali l-insānu ʿalā nafsihi baṣīratun

Even if he presents his excuses.

walaw alqā maʿādhīrahu

Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.

lā tuḥarrik bihi lisānaka litaʿjala bihi

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

inna ʿalaynā jamʿahu waqur'ānahu

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

fa-idhā qaranāhu fa-ittabiʿ qur'ānahu

Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].

thumma inna ʿalaynā bayānahu

No! But you love the immediate

kallā bal tuḥibbūna l-ʿājilata

And leave the Hereafter.

watadharūna l-ākhirata

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

wujūhun yawma-idhin nāḍiratun

Looking at their Lord.

ilā rabbihā nāẓiratun

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

wawujūhun yawma-idhin bāsiratun

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

taẓunnu an yuf'ʿala bihā fāqiratun

No! When the soul has reached the collar bones

kallā idhā balaghati l-tarāqiya

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

waqīla man rāqin

And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation

waẓanna annahu l-firāqu

And the leg is wound about the leg,

wal-tafati l-sāqu bil-sāqi

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

ilā rabbika yawma-idhin l-masāqu

And the disbeliever had not believed, nor had he prayed.

falā ṣaddaqa walā ṣallā

But [instead], he denied and turned away.

walākin kadhaba watawallā

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

thumma dhahaba ilā ahlihi yatamaṭṭā

Woe to you, and woe!

awlā laka fa-awlā

Then woe to you, and woe!

thumma awlā laka fa-awlā

Does man think that he will be left neglected?

ayaḥsabu l-insānu an yut'raka sudan

Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

alam yaku nuṭ'fatan min maniyyin yum'nā

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

thumma kāna ʿalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwā

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

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

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

alaysa dhālika biqādirin ʿalā an yuḥ'yiya l-mawtā