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Al-Qiyamah

Translation: Pickthall

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ

Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection; 75:1

وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ

Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true). 75:2

أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ

Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones? 75:3

بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ

Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers! 75:4

بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ

But man would fain deny what is before him. 75:5

يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ

He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection? 75:6

فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ

But when sight is confounded 75:7

وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ

And the moon is eclipsed 75:8

وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ

And sun and moon are united, 75:9

يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ

On that day man will cry: Whither to flee! 75:10

كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ

Alas! No refuge! 75:11

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ

Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day. 75:12

يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ

On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind. 75:13

بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌ

Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself, 75:14

وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ

Although he tender his excuses. 75:15

لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ

Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it. 75:16

إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ

Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof. 75:17

فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ

And when We read it, follow thou the reading; 75:18

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ

Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof. 75:19

كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ

Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now 75:20

وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ

And neglect the Hereafter. 75:21

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ

That day will faces be resplendent, 75:22

إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ

Looking toward their Lord; 75:23

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌ

And that day will other faces be despondent, 75:24

تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ

Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them. 75:25

كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ

Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat 75:26

وَقِيلَ مَنْ رَاقٍ

And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now)? 75:27

وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ

And he knoweth that it is the parting; 75:28

وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ

And agony is heaped on agony; 75:29

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ

Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving. 75:30

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ

For he neither trusted, nor prayed. 75:31

وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

But he denied and flouted. 75:32

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ

Then went he to his folk with glee. 75:33

أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ

Nearer unto thee and nearer, 75:34

ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ

Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom). 75:35

أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى

Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless? 75:36

أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِىٍّ يُمْنَىٰ

Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth? 75:37

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned 75:38

فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ

And made of him a pair, the male and female. 75:39

أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْـِۧىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ

Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life? 75:40