Al-Qiyamah

لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ١

I do swear by the Day of Judgment

وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ ٢

And I do swear by the self-reproaching soul

أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ ٣

Do people think We cannot reassemble their bones

بَلَىٰ قَـٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ ٤

Yes ˹indeed˺! We are ˹most˺ capable of restoring ˹even˺ their very fingertips

بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ ٥

Still people want to deny what is yet to come

يَسْــَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ٦

asking ˹mockingly˺, “When is this Day of Judgment?”

فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ ٧

But when the sight is stunned

وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ ٨

and the moon is dimmed

وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ ٩

and the sun and the moon are brought together

يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ ١٠

on that Day one will cry, “Where is the escape?”

كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ ١١

But no! There will be no refuge

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ ١٢

On that Day all will end up before your Lord

يُنَبَّؤُاْ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذِۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ ١٣

All will then be informed of what they have sent forth and left behind

بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌ ١٤

In fact, people will testify against their own souls

وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ ١٥

despite the excuses they come up with

لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ ١٦

Do not rush your tongue trying to memorize ˹a revelation of˺ the Quran

إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ ١٧

It is certainly upon Us to ˹make you˺ memorize and recite it

فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَـٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ ١٨

So once We have recited a revelation ˹through Gabriel˺, follow its recitation ˹closely˺

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ ١٩

Then it is surely upon Us to make it clear ˹to you˺

كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ ٢٠

But no! In fact, you love this fleeting world

وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْأَخِرَةَ ٢١

and neglect the Hereafter

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ ٢٢

On that Day ˹some˺ faces will be bright

إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ ٢٣

looking at their Lord

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذِۭ بَاسِرَةٌ ٢٤

And ˹other˺ faces will be gloomy

تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ ٢٥

anticipating something devastating to befall them

كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ ٢٦

But no! ˹Beware of the day˺ when the soul reaches the collar bone ˹as it leaves˺

وَقِيلَ مَنْۜ رَاقٍ ٢٧

and it will be said, “Is there any healer ˹who can save this life˺?”

وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ ٢٨

And the dying person realizes it is ˹their˺ time to depart

وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ ٢٩

and ˹then˺ their feet are tied together ˹in a shroud˺

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ ٣٠

On that day they will be driven to your Lord ˹alone˺

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ ٣١

This denier neither believed nor prayed

وَلَـٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ٣٢

but persisted in denial and turned away

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ ٣٣

then went to their own people, walking boastfully

أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ ٣٤

Woe to you, and more woe

ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ ٣٥

Again, woe to you, and even more woe

أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى ٣٦

Do people think they will be left without purpose

أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِىٍّ يُمْنَىٰ ٣٧

Were they not ˹once˺ a sperm-drop emitted

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ٣٨

Then they became a clinging clot ˹of blood˺, then He developed and perfected their form

فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ ٣٩

producing from it both sexes, male and female

أَلَيْسَ ذَٲلِكَ بِقَـٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْــِۧىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ ٤٠

Is such ˹a Creator˺ unable to bring the dead back to life