Surah Al-Qiyamah القيامة

لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ ١

By the Day of Resurrection

وَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلنَّفۡسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ ٢

and by the self-reproaching soul!

أَيَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجۡمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ ٣

Does man think We shall not put his bones back together?

بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهُۥ ٤

In fact, We can reshape his very fingertips.

بَلۡ يُرِيدُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفۡجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ ٥

Yet man wants to deny what is ahead of him:

يَسۡـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوۡمُ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ ٦

he says, ‘So, when will this Day of Resurrection be?’

فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ ٧

When eyes are dazzled

وَخَسَفَ ٱلۡقَمَرُ ٨

and the moon eclipsed,

وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ ٩

when the sun and the moon are brought together,

يَقُولُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ يَوۡمَئِذٍ أَيۡنَ ٱلۡمَفَرُّ ١٠

on that Day man will say, ‘Where can I escape?’

كـَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ ١١

Truly, there is no refuge:

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقَرُّ ١٢

they will all return to your Lord on that Day.

يُنَبَّؤُاْ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ ١٣

On that Day, man will be told what he put first and what he put last.

بَلِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفۡسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٞ ١٤

Truly, man is a clear witness against himself,

وَلَوۡ أَلۡقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ ١٥

despite all the excuses he may put forward.

لَا تُحَرِّكۡ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعۡجَلَ بِهِۦٓ ١٦

[Prophet], do not rush your tongue in an attempt to hasten [your memorization of] the Revelation:

إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا جَمۡعَهُۥ وَقُرۡءَانَهُۥ ١٧

We shall make sure of its safe collection and recitation.

فَإِذَا قَرَأۡنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعۡ قُرۡءَانَهُۥ ١٨

When We have recited it, repeat the recitation

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا بَيَانَهُۥ ١٩

and We shall make it clear.

كـَلَّا بَلۡ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡعَاجِلَةَ ٢٠

Truly you [people] love this fleeting world

وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَ ٢١

and neglect the life to come.

وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ نَّاضِرَةٌ ٢٢

On that Day there will be radiant faces,

إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٞ ٢٣

looking towards their Lord,

وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بَاسِرَةٞ ٢٤

and on that Day there will be the sad and despairing faces

تَظُنُّ أَن يُفۡعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٞ ٢٥

of those who realize that a great calamity is about to befall them.

كـَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِيَ ٢٦

Truly, when the soul reaches the collarbone;

وَقِيلَ مَنۡۜ رَاقٖ ٢٧

when it is said, ‘Could any charm-healer save him now?’;

وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلۡفِرَاقُ ٢٨

when he knows it is the final parting;

وَٱلۡتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ ٢٩

when his legs are brought together:

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡمَسَاقُ ٣٠

on that day he will be driven towards your Lord.

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ ٣١

He neither believed nor prayed,

وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ٣٢

but denied the truth and turned away,

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ ٣٣

walking back to his people with a conceited swagger.

أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰ ٣٤

Closer and closer it comes to you.

ثُمَّ أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰٓ ٣٥

Closer and closer still.

أَيَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتۡرَكَ سُدًى ٣٦

Does man think he will be left alone?

أَلَمۡ يَكُ نُطۡفَةٗ مِّن مَّنِيّٖ يُمۡنَىٰ ٣٧

Was he not just a drop of spilt-out sperm,

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةٗ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ٣٨

which became a clinging form, which God shaped in due proportion,

فَجَعَلَ مِنۡهُ ٱلزَّوۡجَيۡنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰٓ ٣٩

fashioning from it the two sexes, male and female?

أَلَيۡسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحۡـِۧيَ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ ٤٠

Does He who can do this not have the power to bring the dead back to life?