Al-Qiyaama

لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ

I swear by the Day of Resurrection,

وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ

and I swear by the self-reproaching soul¹!

أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ

Does man think that We cannot reassemble his bones?

بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ

In fact, We are able to restore even his very fingertips.

بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ

But man desires to persist in sin²,

يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ

and asks [mockingly], “When is the Day of Resurrection?”

فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ

But when the sight is dazzled,

وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ

and the moon is darkened,

وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ

and the sun and the moon are brought together³,

يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ

on that Day man will say, “Where is the escape?”

كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ

No indeed! There will be no refuge.

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ

On that Day all will end up before your Lord.

يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ

On that Day man will be informed of what he has sent forth⁴ and left behind⁵.

بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌ

In fact, man will be a witness against himself⁶,

وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ

despite the excuses he may put forward.

لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ

Do not move your tongue [O Prophet] in haste trying to memorize it.

إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ

It is upon Us to make you memorize and recite it.

فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ

Then when We recite it [through Gabriel], follow its recitation attentively;

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ

then it is upon Us to explain its meanings.

كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ

No indeed! You [people] love this fleeting world,

وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ

and neglect the Hereafter.

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ

On that Day some faces will be bright,

إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ

looking at their Lord⁷.

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌ

And on that Day, some faces will be gloomy,

تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ

knowing that a crushing calamity will befall them.

كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ

Indeed, when the soul reaches the throat⁸,

وَقِيلَ مَنْ رَاقٍ

and it is said, “Is there any healer?”

وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ

And he realizes that it is time to depart,

وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ

when legs are brought together [in a shroud]⁹;

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ

on that Day, he will be driven to your Lord.

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ

He neither believed nor prayed;

وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

rather he denied and turned away,

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ

then he went to his people, elated with pride,

أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ

Woe to you, and woe!

ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ

Again, woe to you, and woe!

أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى

Does man think that he will be left neglected¹⁰?

أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِىٍّ يُمْنَىٰ

Was he not once a drop of semen emitted,

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

then he became a clinging clot¹¹, then He created him and perfected his form,

فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ

and made from him both genders, male and female?