Al-Qiyamah

لَاۤ اُقۡسِمُ بِيَوۡمِ الۡقِيٰمَةِۙ‏ ١

Laaa uqsimu bi yawmil qiyaamah

I swear by the Day of Resurrection

وَلَاۤ اُقۡسِمُ بِالنَّفۡسِ اللَّوَّامَةِؕ‏ ٢

Wa laaa uqsimu bin nafsil lawwaamah

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

اَيَحۡسَبُ الۡاِنۡسَانُ اَلَّنۡ نَّجۡمَعَ عِظَامَهٗؕ‏ ٣

Ayahsabul insaanu al lan najm'a 'izaamah

Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

بَلٰى قٰدِرِيۡنَ عَلٰٓى اَنۡ نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهٗ‏ ٤

Balaa qaadireena 'alaaa an nusawwiya banaanah

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

بَلۡ يُرِيۡدُ الۡاِنۡسَانُ لِيَفۡجُرَ اَمَامَهٗ​ۚ‏ ٥

Bal yureedul insaanu liyafjura amaamah

But man desires to continue in sin.

يَسۡـَٔـلُ اَيَّانَ يَوۡمُ الۡقِيٰمَةِؕ‏ ٦

Yas'alu ayyyaana yawmul qiyaamah

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

فَاِذَا بَرِقَ الۡبَصَرُۙ‏ ٧

Fa izaa bariqal basar

So when vision is dazzled.

وَخَسَفَ الۡقَمَرُۙ‏ ٨

We khasafal qamar

And the moon darkens.

وَجُمِعَ الشَّمۡسُ وَالۡقَمَرُۙ‏ ٩

Wa jumi'ash shamusu wal qamar

And the sun and the moon are joined,

يَقُوۡلُ الۡاِنۡسَانُ يَوۡمَٮِٕذٍ اَيۡنَ الۡمَفَرُّ​ ۚ‏ ١٠

Yaqoolul insaanu yaw ma 'izin aynal mafarr

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

كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَؕ‏ ١١

Kallaa laa wazar

No! There is no refuge.

اِلٰى رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَٮِٕذِ اۨلۡمُسۡتَقَرُّ ؕ‏ ١٢

Ilaa rabbika yawma 'izinil mustaqarr

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

يُنَبَّؤُا الۡاِنۡسَانُ يَوۡمَٮِٕذٍۢ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَاَخَّرَؕ‏ ١٣

Yunabba 'ul insaanu yawma 'izim bimaa qaddama wa akhkhar

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

بَلِ الۡاِنۡسَانُ عَلٰى نَفۡسِهٖ بَصِيۡرَةٌ ۙ‏ ١٤

Balil insaanu 'alaa nafsihee baseerah

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

وَّلَوۡ اَلۡقٰى مَعَاذِيۡرَهٗؕ‏ ١٥

Wa law alqaa ma'aazeerah

Even if he presents his excuses.

لَا تُحَرِّكۡ بِهٖ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعۡجَلَ بِهٖؕ‏ ١٦

Laa tuharrik bihee lisaa naka lita'jala bih

Move not your tongue with it, [O Muḥammad], to hasten with it [i.e., recitation of the Qur’ān].

اِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا جَمۡعَهٗ وَقُرۡاٰنَهٗۚ  ۖ‏ ١٧

Inna 'alainaa jam'ahoo wa qur aanah

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

فَاِذَا قَرَاۡنٰهُ فَاتَّبِعۡ قُرۡاٰنَهٗ​ۚ‏ ١٨

Fa izaa qaraanaahu fattabi' qur aanah

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

ثُمَّ اِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا بَيَانَهٗؕ‏ ١٩

Summa inna 'alainaa bayaanah

Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].

كَلَّا بَلۡ تُحِبُّوۡنَ الۡعَاجِلَةَ ۙ‏ ٢٠

Kallaa bal tuhibboonal 'aajilah

No! But you [i.e., mankind] love the immediate

وَتَذَرُوۡنَ الۡاٰخِرَةَ ؕ‏ ٢١

Wa tazaroonal Aakhirah

And leave [i.e., neglect] the Hereafter.

وُجُوۡهٌ يَّوۡمَٮِٕذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ ۙ‏ ٢٢

Wujoohuny yawma 'izin naadirah

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

اِلٰى رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ​ ۚ‏ ٢٣

Ilaa rabbihaa naazirah

Looking at their Lord.

وَوُجُوۡهٌ يَّوۡمَٮِٕذٍۢ بَاسِرَةٌ ۙ‏ ٢٤

Wa wujoohuny yawma 'izim baasirah

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

تَظُنُّ اَنۡ يُّفۡعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ ؕ‏ ٢٥

Tazunnu any yuf'ala bihaa faaqirah

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

كَلَّاۤ اِذَا بَلَغَتِ التَّرَاقِىَۙ‏ ٢٦

Kallaaa izaa balaghatit taraaqee

No! When it [i.e., the soul] has reached the collar bones

وَقِيۡلَ مَنۡ رَاقٍۙ‏ ٢٧

Wa qeela man raaq

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

وَّظَنَّ اَنَّهُ الۡفِرَاقُۙ‏ ٢٨

Wa zanna annahul firaaq

And he [i.e., the dying one] is certain that it is the [time of] separation

وَالۡتَفَّتِ السَّاقُ بِالسَّاقِۙ‏ ٢٩

Waltaffatis saaqu bissaaq

And the leg is wound about the leg,

اِلٰى رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَٮِٕذِ اۨلۡمَسَاقُؕ‏ ٣٠

Ilaa rabbika yawma'izinil masaaq

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

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلّٰىۙ‏ ٣١

Falaa saddaqa wa laa sallaa

And he [i.e., the disbeliever] had not believed, nor had he prayed.

وَلٰڪِنۡ كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلّٰىۙ‏ ٣٢

Wa laakin kazzaba wa tawalla

But [instead], he denied and turned away.

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ اِلٰٓى اَهۡلِهٖ يَتَمَطّٰىؕ‏ ٣٣

Summa zahaba ilaaa ahlihee yatamatta

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

اَوۡلٰى لَكَ فَاَوۡلٰىۙ‏ ٣٤

Awlaa laka fa awlaa

Woe to you, and woe!

ثُمَّ اَوۡلٰى لَكَ فَاَوۡلٰىؕ‏ ٣٥

Summa awlaa laka fa awla

Then woe to you, and woe!

اَيَحۡسَبُ الۡاِنۡسَانُ اَنۡ يُّتۡرَكَ سُدًىؕ‏ ٣٦

Ayahsabul insaanu anyytraka sudaa

Does man think that he will be left neglected?

اَلَمۡ يَكُ نُطۡفَةً مِّنۡ مَّنِىٍّ يُّمۡنٰىۙ‏ ٣٧

Alam yaku nutfatam mim maniyyiny yumnaa

Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوّٰىۙ‏ ٣٨

Summa kaana 'alaqata fakhalaq fasawwaa

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

فَجَعَلَ مِنۡهُ الزَّوۡجَيۡنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالۡاُنۡثٰىؕ‏ ٣٩

Faja'ala minhuz zawjayniz zakara wal unsaa

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

اَلَيۡسَ ذٰلِكَ بِقٰدِرٍ عَلٰٓى اَنۡ يُّحۡـىِۦَ الۡمَوۡتٰى‏ ٤٠

Alaisa zaalika biqaadirin 'alaaa any yuhyiyal mawtaa

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