Surah 75 · Meccan · 40 verses · Juz 29
Al-Qiyamah
القيامة
The Resurrection
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ١
Lā uqsimu biyaumil-qiyāmah(ti).
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ ٢
Wa lā uqsimu bin nafsil-lawwāmah(ti).
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ ٣
Ayaḥsabul-insānu allan najma‘a ‘iẓāmah(ū).
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
بَلَىٰ قَـٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ ٤
Balā qādirīna ‘alā an nusawwiya banānah(ū).
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ ٥
Bal yurīdul-insānu liyafjura amāmah(ū).
But man desires to continue in sin.
يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ٦
Yas'alu ayyāna yaumul-qiyāmah(ti).
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ ٧
Fa iżā bariqal-baṣar(u).
So when vision is dazzled.
وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ ٨
Wa khasafal-qamar(u).
And the moon darkens.
وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ ٩
Wa jumi‘asy-syamsu wal-qamar(u).
And the sun and the moon are joined,
يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ ١٠
Yaqūlul-insānu yauma'iżin ainal-mafarr(u).
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ ١١
Kallā lā wazar(a).
No! There is no refuge.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ ١٢
Ilā rabbika yauma'iżinil-mustaqarr(u).
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ ١٣
Yunabba'ul-insānu yauma'iżim bimā qaddama wa akhkhar(a).
Man will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌ ١٤
Balil-insānu ‘alā nafsihī baṣīrah(tun).
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ ١٥
Wa lau alqā ma‘āżīrah(ū).
Even if he presents his excuses.
لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ ١٦
Lā tuḥarrik bihī lisānaka lita‘jala bih(ī).
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 ‘alainā jam‘ahū wa qur'ānah(ū).
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَـٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ ١٨
Fa iżā qara'nāhu fattabi‘ qur'ānah(ū).
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ ١٩
Ṡumma inna ‘alainā bayānah(ū).
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ ٢٠
Kallā bal tuḥibbūnal-‘ājilah(ta).
No! But you [i.e., mankind] love the immediate
وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ ٢١
Wa tażarūnal-‘ākhirah(ta).
And leave [i.e., neglect] the Hereafter.
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ ٢٢
Wujūhuy yauma'iżin nāḍirah(tun).
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ ٢٣
Ilā rabbihā nāẓirah(tun).
Looking at their Lord.
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌ ٢٤
Wa wujūhuy yauma'iżim bāsirah(tun).
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ ٢٥
Taẓunnu ay yuf‘ala bihā fāqirah(tun).
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ ٢٦
Kallā iżā balagatit-tarāqiy(a).
No! When it [i.e., the soul] has reached the collar bones
وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍ ٢٧
Wa qīla man…rāq(in).
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ ٢٨
Wa ẓanna annahul-firāq(u).
And he [i.e., the dying one] is certain that it is the [time of] separation
وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ ٢٩
Waltaffatis-sāqu bis-sāq(i).
And the leg is wound about the leg,
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ ٣٠
Ilā rabbika yauma'iżinil-masāq(u).
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ ٣١
Falā ṣaddaqa wa lā ṣallā.
And he [i.e., the disbeliever] had not believed, nor had he prayed.
وَلَـٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ٣٢
Wa lākin każżaba wa tawallā.
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ ٣٣
Ṡumma żahaba ilā ahlihī yatamaṭṭā.
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ ٣٤
Aulā laka fa'aulā.
Woe to you, and woe!
ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ ٣٥
Ṡumma aulā laka fa'aulā.
Then woe to you, and woe!
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى ٣٦
Ayaḥsabul-insānu ay yutraka sudā(n).
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِىٍّ يُمْنَىٰ ٣٧
Alam yaku nuṭfatam mim maniyyiy yumnā.
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ٣٨
Ṡumma kāna ‘alaqatan fa khalaqa fa sawwā.
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allāh] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ ٣٩
Fa ja‘ala minhuz-zaujainiż-żakara wal-unṡā.
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَـٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْـِۧىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ ٤٠
Alaisa żālika biqādirin ‘alā ay yuḥyiyal-mautā.
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?
Arabic text: Uthmani script, Hafs, from Quran.com. Translation: Saheeh International, from Quran.com (footnotes not shown). Transliteration: equran.id. Recitation: Sheikh Mishary Rashid Alafasy, from everyayah.com. About the sources.