سُورَةُ القِيَامَةِ
Al-Qiyaama
The Resurrection · Meccan · 40 verses
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ﴿1﴾
Laaa uqsimu bi yawmil qiyaamah
75:1I swear by the Day of Resurrection!
وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ ﴿2﴾
Wa laaa uqsimu bin nafsil lawwaamah
75:2And I swear by the self-critical soul!
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ ﴿3﴾
Ayahsabul insaanu al lan najm'a 'izaamah
75:3Does man suppose that We will not put together his bones [at resurrection]?
بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ ﴿4﴾
Balaa qaadireena 'alaaa an nusawwiya banaanah
75:4Yes indeed, We are able to [re]shape [even] his fingertips!
بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ ﴿5﴾
Bal yureedul insaanu liyafjura amaamah
75:5Indeed, man desires to go on living viciously.
يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ﴿6﴾
Yas'alu ayyyaana yawmul qiyaamah
75:6He asks, ‘When will be this “day of resurrection”?!’
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ ﴿7﴾
Fa izaa bariqal basar
75:7But when the eyes are dazzled,
وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ ﴿8﴾
We khasafal qamar
75:8the moon is eclipsed,
وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ ﴿9﴾
Wa jumi'ash shamusu wal qamar
75:9and the sun and the moon are brought together,
يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ ﴿10﴾
Yaqoolul insaanu yaw ma 'izin aynal mafarr
75:10that day man will say, ‘Where is the escape [from this day]?’
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ ﴿11﴾
Kallaa laa wazar
75:11No indeed! There will be no refuge!
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ ﴿12﴾
Ilaa rabbika yawma 'izinil mustaqarr
75:12That day the [final] goal will be toward your Lord.
يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ ﴿13﴾
Yunabba 'ul insaanu yawma 'izim bimaa qaddama wa akhkhar
75:13That day man will be informed about what [works] he had sent ahead [to the scene of judgement] and [the legacy that he had] left behind.
بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌۭ ﴿14﴾
Balil insaanu 'alaa nafsihee baseerah
75:14Indeed, man is a witness to himself,
وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ ﴿15﴾
Wa law alqaa ma'aazeerah
75:15though he should offer excuses [to justify his failings].
لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ ﴿16﴾
Laa tuharrik bihee lisaa naka lita'jala bih
75:16Do not move your tongue with it to hasten it.
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ ﴿17﴾
Inna 'alainaa jam'ahoo wa qur aanah
75:17Indeed it is up to Us to put it together and to recite it.
فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ ﴿18﴾
Fa izaa qaraanaahu fattabi' qur aanah
75:18And when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ ﴿19﴾
Summa inna 'alainaa bayaanah
75:19Then, its exposition [also] lies with Us.
كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ ﴿20﴾
Kallaa bal tuhibboonal 'aajilah
75:20No! Indeed, you love this transitory life
وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ ﴿21﴾
Wa tazaroonal Aakhirah
75:21and forsake the Hereafter.
وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ نَّاضِرَةٌ ﴿22﴾
Wujoohuny yawma 'izin naadirah
75:22Some faces will be fresh on that day,
إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌۭ ﴿23﴾
Ilaa rabbihaa naazirah
75:23looking to their Lord,
وَوُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌۭ ﴿24﴾
Wa wujoohuny yawma 'izim baasirah
75:24and some faces will be scowling on that day,
تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌۭ ﴿25﴾
Tazunnu any yuf'ala bihaa faaqirah
75:25knowing that they will be dealt out a punishment breaking the spine.
كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ ﴿26﴾
Kallaaa izaa balaghatit taraaqee
75:26No indeed! When it reaches up to the collar bones
وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍۢ ﴿27﴾
Wa qeela man raaq
75:27and it is said, ‘Who will take him up?’
وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ ﴿28﴾
Wa zanna annahul firaaq
75:28and he knows that it is the [time of] parting,
وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ ﴿29﴾
Waltaffatis saaqu bissaaq
75:29and each shank clasps the other shank,
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ ﴿30﴾
Ilaa rabbika yawma'izinil masaaq
75:30that day he shall be driven toward your Lord.
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ ﴿31﴾
Falaa saddaqa wa laa sallaa
75:31He neither confirmed [the messages of Allah], nor did he pray,
وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ﴿32﴾
Wa laakin kazzaba wa tawalla
75:32but denied [them] and turned away,
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ ﴿33﴾
Summa zahaba ilaaa ahlihee yatamatta
75:33and went back swaggering to his family.
أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ ﴿34﴾
Awlaa laka fa awlaa
75:34So, woe to you! Woe to you!
ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ ﴿35﴾
Summa awlaa laka fa awla
75:35Again, woe to you! Woe to you!
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى ﴿36﴾
Ayahsabul insaanu anyytraka sudaa
75:36Does man suppose that he has been abandoned to futility?
أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةًۭ مِّن مَّنِىٍّۢ يُمْنَىٰ ﴿37﴾
Alam yaku nutfatam mim maniyyiny yumnaa
75:37Was he not a drop of emitted semen,
ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةًۭ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ﴿38﴾
Summa kaana 'alaqata fakhalaq fasawwaa
75:38and then a clinging mass? Whereat He created and proportioned [him],
فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ ﴿39﴾
Faja'ala minhuz zawjayniz zakara wal unsaa
75:39and made of him the two sexes, male and female.
أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْۦِىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ ﴿40﴾
Alaisa zaalika biqaadirin 'alaaa any yuhyiyal mawtaa
75:40Is not [someone like] that able to revive the dead?