Surah Al-Qiyamah — The Resurrection

لَآ اُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ الْقِيٰمَةِۙ

Lā uqsimu biyaumil-qiyāmah(ti).

I swear by the Day of Resurrection

وَلَآ اُقْسِمُ بِالنَّفْسِ اللَّوَّامَةِ

Wa lā uqsimu bin nafsil-lawwāmah(ti).

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

اَيَحْسَبُ الْاِنْسَانُ اَلَّنْ نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهٗ ۗ

Ayaḥsabul-insānu allan najma‘a ‘iẓāmah(ū).

Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

بَلٰى قٰدِرِيْنَ عَلٰٓى اَنْ نُّسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهٗ

Balā qādirīna ‘alā an nusawwiya banānah(ū).

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

بَلْ يُرِيْدُ الْاِنْسَانُ لِيَفْجُرَ اَمَامَهٗۚ

Bal yurīdul-insānu liyafjura amāmah(ū).

But man desires to continue in sin.

يَسْـَٔلُ اَيَّانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيٰمَةِۗ

Yas'alu ayyāna yaumul-qiyāmah(ti).

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

فَاِذَا بَرِقَ الْبَصَرُۙ

Fa iżā bariqal-baṣar(u).

So when vision is dazzled.

وَخَسَفَ الْقَمَرُۙ

Wa khasafal-qamar(u).

And the moon darkens.

وَجُمِعَ الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُۙ

Wa jumi‘asy-syamsu wal-qamar(u).

And the sun and the moon are joined,

يَقُوْلُ الْاِنْسَانُ يَوْمَىِٕذٍ اَيْنَ الْمَفَرُّۚ

Yaqūlul-insānu yauma'iżin ainal-mafarr(u).

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

كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَۗ

Kallā lā wazar(a).

No! There is no refuge.

اِلٰى رَبِّكَ يَوْمَىِٕذِ ِۨالْمُسْتَقَرُّۗ

Ilā rabbika yauma'iżinil-mustaqarr(u).

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

يُنَبَّؤُا الْاِنْسَانُ يَوْمَىِٕذٍۢ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَاَخَّرَۗ

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 الْاِنْسَانُ عَلٰى نَفْسِهٖ بَصِيْرَةٌۙ

Balil-insānu ‘alā nafsihī baṣīrah(tun).

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

وَّلَوْ اَلْقٰى مَعَاذِيْرَهٗۗ

Wa lau alqā ma‘āżīrah(ū).

Even if he presents his excuses.

لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهٖ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهٖۗ

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].

اِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهٗ وَقُرْاٰنَهٗ ۚ

Inna ‘alainā jam‘ahū wa qur'ānah(ū).

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

فَاِذَا قَرَأْنٰهُ فَاتَّبِعْ قُرْاٰنَهٗ ۚ

Fa iżā qara'nāhu fattabi‘ qur'ānah(ū).

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

ثُمَّ اِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهٗ ۗ

Ṡumma inna ‘alainā bayānah(ū).

Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].

كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّوْنَ الْعَاجِلَةَۙ

Kallā bal tuḥibbūnal-‘ājilah(ta).

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

وَتَذَرُوْنَ الْاٰخِرَةَۗ

Wa tażarūnal-‘ākhirah(ta).

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

وُجُوْهٌ يَّوْمَىِٕذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌۙ

Wujūhuy yauma'iżin nāḍirah(tun).

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

اِلٰى رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ ۚ

Ilā rabbihā nāẓirah(tun).

Looking at their Lord.

وَوُجُوْهٌ يَّوْمَىِٕذٍۢ بَاسِرَةٌۙ

Wa wujūhuy yauma'iżim bāsirah(tun).

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

تَظُنُّ اَنْ يُّفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ ۗ

Taẓunnu ay yuf‘ala bihā fāqirah(tun).

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

كَلَّآ اِذَا بَلَغَتِ التَّرَاقِيَۙ

Kallā iżā balagatit-tarāqiy(a).

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

وَقِيْلَ مَنْ ۜرَاقٍۙ

Wa qīla man…rāq(in).

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

وَّظَنَّ اَنَّهُ الْفِرَاقُۙ

Wa ẓanna annahul-firāq(u).

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

وَالْتَفَّتِ السَّاقُ بِالسَّاقِۙ

Waltaffatis-sāqu bis-sāq(i).

And the leg is wound about the leg,

اِلٰى رَبِّكَ يَوْمَىِٕذِ ِۨالْمَسَاقُ ۗ ࣖ

Ilā rabbika yauma'iżinil-masāq(u).

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

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلّٰىۙ

Falā ṣaddaqa wa lā ṣallā.

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

وَلٰكِنْ كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلّٰىۙ

Wa lākin każżaba wa tawallā.

But [instead], he denied and turned away.

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ اِلٰٓى اَهْلِهٖ يَتَمَطّٰىۗ

Ṡumma żahaba ilā ahlihī yatamaṭṭā.

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

اَوْلٰى لَكَ فَاَوْلٰىۙ

Aulā laka fa'aulā.

Woe to you, and woe!

ثُمَّ اَوْلٰى لَكَ فَاَوْلٰىۗ

Ṡumma aulā laka fa'aulā.

Then woe to you, and woe!

اَيَحْسَبُ الْاِنْسَانُ اَنْ يُّتْرَكَ سُدًىۗ

Ayaḥsabul-insānu ay yutraka sudā(n).

Does man think that he will be left neglected?

اَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّنْ مَّنِيٍّ يُّمْنٰى

Alam yaku nuṭfatam mim maniyyiy yumnā.

Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوّٰىۙ

Ṡumma kāna ‘alaqatan fa khalaqa fa sawwā.

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

فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ الزَّوْجَيْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالْاُنْثٰىۗ

Fa ja‘ala minhuz-zaujainiż-żakara wal-unṡā.

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

اَلَيْسَ ذٰلِكَ بِقٰدِرٍ عَلٰٓى اَنْ يُّحْيِ َۧ الْمَوْتٰى ࣖ

Alaisa żālika biqādirin ‘alā ay yuḥyiyal-mautā.

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