Surah Al-Qiyamah · The Resurrection

لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۝١

lā uq'simu biyawmi l-qiyāmah

I swear by the Day of Resurrection

وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ ۝٢

walā uq'simu bil-nafsi l-lawāmah

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

أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ ۝٣

ayaḥsabu l-insānu allan najmaʿa ʿiẓāmah

Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

بَلَىٰ قَـٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ ۝٤

balā qādirīna ʿalā an nusawwiya banānah

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

بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ ۝٥

bal yurīdu l-insānu liyafjura amāmah

But man desires to continue in sin.

يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۝٦

yasalu ayyāna yawmu l-qiyāmah

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

فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ ۝٧

fa-idhā bariqa l-baṣar

So when vision is dazzled.

وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ ۝٨

wakhasafa l-qamar

And the moon darkens.

وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ ۝٩

wajumiʿa l-shamsu wal-qamar

And the sun and the moon are joined,

يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ ۝١٠

yaqūlu l-insānu yawma-idhin ayna l-mafar

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

كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ ۝١١

kallā lā wazar

No! There is no refuge.

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ ۝١٢

ilā rabbika yawma-idhin l-mus'taqar

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

يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ ۝١٣

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

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

بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌ ۝١٤

bali l-insānu ʿalā nafsihi baṣīrah

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

وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ ۝١٥

walaw alqā maʿādhīrah

Even if he presents his excuses.

لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ ۝١٦

lā tuḥarrik bihi lisānaka litaʿjala bih

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

إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ ۝١٧

inna ʿalaynā jamʿahu waqur'ānah

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

فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَـٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ ۝١٨

fa-idhā qaranāhu fa-ittabiʿ qur'ānah

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

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ ۝١٩

thumma inna ʿalaynā bayānah

Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].

كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ ۝٢٠

kallā bal tuḥibbūna l-ʿājilah

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

وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ ۝٢١

watadharūna l-ākhirah

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

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ ۝٢٢

wujūhun yawma-idhin nāḍirah

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

إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ ۝٢٣

ilā rabbihā nāẓirah

Looking at their Lord.

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌ ۝٢٤

wawujūhun yawma-idhin bāsirah

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

تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ ۝٢٥

taẓunnu an yuf'ʿala bihā fāqirah

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

كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ ۝٢٦

kallā idhā balaghati l-tarāqiy

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

وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍ ۝٢٧

waqīla man rāq

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

وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ ۝٢٨

waẓanna annahu l-firāq

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

وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ ۝٢٩

wal-tafati l-sāqu bil-sāq

And the leg is wound about the leg,

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ ۝٣٠

ilā rabbika yawma-idhin l-masāq

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

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ ۝٣١

falā ṣaddaqa walā ṣallā

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

وَلَـٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ۝٣٢

walākin kadhaba watawallā

But [instead], he denied and turned away.

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ ۝٣٣

thumma dhahaba ilā ahlihi yatamaṭṭā

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

أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ ۝٣٤

awlā laka fa-awlā

Woe to you, and woe!

ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ ۝٣٥

thumma awlā laka fa-awlā

Then woe to you, and woe!

أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى ۝٣٦

ayaḥsabu l-insānu an yut'raka sudā

Does man think that he will be left neglected?

أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِىٍّ يُمْنَىٰ ۝٣٧

alam yaku nuṭ'fatan min maniyyin yum'nā

Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ۝٣٨

thumma kāna ʿalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwā

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

فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ ۝٣٩

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

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

أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَـٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْـِۧىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ ۝٤٠

alaysa dhālika biqādirin ʿalā an yuḥ'yiya l-mawtā

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