Surah Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection)

Verses

1. لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ

   Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection

   75:1

2. وَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلنَّفۡسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ

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

   75:2

3. أَيَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجۡمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ

   Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones

   75:3

4. بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهُۥ

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

   75:4

5. بَلۡ يُرِيدُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفۡجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ

   But man would fain deny what is before him

   75:5

6. يَسۡـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوۡمُ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ

   He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection

   75:6

7. فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ

   But when sight is confounded

   75:7

8. وَخَسَفَ ٱلۡقَمَرُ

   And the moon is eclipsed

   75:8

9. وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ

   And sun and moon are united

   75:9

10. يَقُولُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ يَوۡمَئِذٍ أَيۡنَ ٱلۡمَفَرُّ

    On that day man will cry: Whither to flee

    75:10

11. كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ

    Alas! No refuge

    75:11

12. إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقَرُّ

    Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day

    75:12

13. يُنَبَّؤُاْ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ

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

    75:13

14. بَلِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفۡسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٞ

    Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself

    75:14

15. وَلَوۡ أَلۡقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ

    Although he tender his excuses

    75:15

16. لَا تُحَرِّكۡ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعۡجَلَ بِهِۦٓ

    Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it

    75:16

17. إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا جَمۡعَهُۥ وَقُرۡءَانَهُۥ

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

    75:17

18. فَإِذَا قَرَأۡنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعۡ قُرۡءَانَهُۥ

    And when We read it, follow thou the reading

    75:18

19. ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا بَيَانَهُۥ

    Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof

    75:19

20. كَلَّا بَلۡ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡعَاجِلَةَ

    Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now

    75:20

21. وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَ

    And neglect the Hereafter

    75:21

22. وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ نَّاضِرَةٌ

    That day will faces be resplendent

    75:22

23. إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٞ

    Looking toward their Lord

    75:23

24. وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بَاسِرَةٞ

    And that day will other faces be despondent

    75:24

25. تَظُنُّ أَن يُفۡعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٞ

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

    75:25

26. كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِيَ

    Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat

    75:26

27. وَقِيلَ مَنۡۜ رَاقٖ

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

    75:27

28. وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلۡفِرَاقُ

    And he knoweth that it is the parting

    75:28

29. وَٱلۡتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ

    And agony is heaped on agony

    75:29

30. إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡمَسَاقُ

    Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving

    75:30

31. فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ

    For he neither trusted, nor prayed

    75:31

32. وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

    But he denied and flouted

    75:32

33. ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ

    Then went he to his folk with glee

    75:33

34. أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰ

    Nearer unto thee and nearer

    75:34

35. ثُمَّ أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰٓ

    Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom)

    75:35

36. أَيَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتۡرَكَ سُدًى

    Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless

    75:36

37. أَلَمۡ يَكُ نُطۡفَةٗ مِّن مَّنِيّٖ يُمۡنَىٰ

    Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth

    75:37

38. ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةٗ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

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

    75:38

39. فَجَعَلَ مِنۡهُ ٱلزَّوۡجَيۡنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰٓ

    And made of him a pair, the male and female

    75:39

40. أَلَيۡسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحۡـِۧيَ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ

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

    75:40