بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ
Laaa uqsimu bi yawmil qiyaamah
Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;
وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ
Wa laaa uqsimu bin nafsil lawwaamah
and nay, I swear by the self-reproaching soul!
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ
Ayahsabul insaanu al lan najm'a 'izaamah
Does man imagine that We will not be able to bring his bones together again?
بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ
Balaa qaadireena 'alaaa an nusawwiya banaanah
Yes indeed; We have the power to remould even his finger-tips.
بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ
Bal yureedul insaanu liyafjura amaamah
But man desires to persist in his evil ways.
يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ
Yas'alu ayyyaana yawmul qiyaamah
He asks: “When will the Day of Resurrection be?”
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ
Fa izaa bariqal basar
When the sight is dazed,
وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ
We khasafal qamar
and the moon is eclipsed,
وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ
Wa jumi'ash shamusu wal qamar
and the sun and the moon are joined together,
يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ
Yaqoolul insaanu yaw ma 'izin aynal mafarr
on that Day will man say: “Whither the refuge?”
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ
Kallaa laa wazar
No, there is no refuge.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ
Ilaa rabbika yawma 'izinil mustaqarr
With your Lord alone will be the retreat that Day.
يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ
Yunabba 'ul insaanu yawma 'izim bimaa qaddama wa akhkhar
On that Day will man be apprised of his deeds, both the earlier and the later.
بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌۭ
Balil insaanu 'alaa nafsihee baseerah
But lo, man is well aware of himself,
وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ
Wa law alqaa ma'aazeerah
even though he might make up excuses.
لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ
Laa tuharrik bihee lisaa naka lita'jala bih
(O Prophet), do not stir your tongue hastily (to commit the Revelation to memory).
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ
Inna 'alainaa jam'ahoo wa qur aanah
Surely it is for Us to have you commit it to memory and to recite it.
فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ
Fa izaa qaraanaahu fattabi' qur aanah
And so when We recite it, follow its recitation attentively;
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ
Summa inna 'alainaa bayaanah
then it will be for Us to explain it.
كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ
Kallaa bal tuhibboonal 'aajilah
Nay; the truth is that you love ardently (the good of this world) that can be obtained hastily,
وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ
Wa tazaroonal Aakhirah
and are oblivious of the Hereafter.
وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ نَّاضِرَةٌ
Wujoohuny yawma 'izin naadirah
Some faces on that Day will be fresh and resplendent,
إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌۭ
Ilaa rabbihaa naazirah
and will be looking towards their Lord;
وَوُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌۭ
Wa wujoohuny yawma 'izim baasirah
and some faces on that Day will be gloomy,
تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌۭ
Tazunnu any yuf'ala bihaa faaqirah
believing that a crushing calamity is about to strike them.
كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ
Kallaaa izaa balaghatit taraaqee
Nay; when a man's soul reaches up to the throat,
وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍۢ
Wa qeela man raaq
and it is said: “Is there any enchanter who can step forward and help (by his chanting)?”
وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ
Wa zanna annahul firaaq
and he realises that the hour of parting is come,
وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ
Waltaffatis saaqu bissaaq
and calf is inter-twined with calf.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ
Ilaa rabbika yawma'izinil masaaq
On that Day you will be driven to your Lord.
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ
Falaa saddaqa wa laa sallaa
But he did not verify the Truth, nor did he observe Prayer;
وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
Wa laakin kazzaba wa tawalla
on the contrary, he gave the lie to the Truth and turned his back upon it,
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ
Summa zahaba ilaaa ahlihee yatamatta
then he went back to his kinsfolk, elated with pride.
أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ
Awlaa laka fa awlaa
This (attitude) is worthy of you, altogether worthy;
ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ
Summa awlaa laka fa awla
again, it is worthy of you, altogether worthy.
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى
Ayahsabul insaanu anyytraka sudaa
Does man think that he will be left alone, unquestioned?
أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةًۭ مِّن مَّنِىٍّۢ يُمْنَىٰ
Alam yaku nutfatam mim maniyyiny yumnaa
Was he not a drop of ejaculated semen,
ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةًۭ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
Summa kaana 'alaqata fakhalaq fasawwaa
then he became a clot, and then Allah made it into a living body and proportioned its parts,
فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ
Faja'ala minhuz zawjayniz zakara wal unsaa
and then He made of him a pair, male and female?
أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْۦِىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ
Alaisa zaalika biqaadirin 'alaaa any yuhyiyal mawtaa
Does He, then, not have the power to bring back the dead to life?
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