Surah Al-Qiyaama

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ

Laaa uqsimu bi yawmil qiyaamah

I swear by the Day of Resurrection

وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ

Wa laaa uqsimu bin nafsil lawwaamah

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

أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ

Ayahsabul insaanu al lan najm'a 'izaamah

Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ

Balaa qaadireena 'alaaa an nusawwiya banaanah

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

بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ

Bal yureedul insaanu liyafjura amaamah

But man desires to continue in sin.

يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ

Yas'alu ayyyaana yawmul qiyaamah

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

فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ

Fa izaa bariqal basar

So when vision is dazzled

وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ

We khasafal qamar

And the moon darkens

وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ

Wa jumi'ash shamusu wal qamar

And the sun and the moon are joined,

يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ

Yaqoolul insaanu yaw ma 'izin aynal mafarr

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

كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ

Kallaa laa wazar

No! There is no refuge.

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ

Ilaa rabbika yawma 'izinil mustaqarr

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

يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ

Yunabba 'ul insaanu yawma 'izim bimaa qaddama wa akhkhar

Man will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.

بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌۭ

Balil insaanu 'alaa nafsihee baseerah

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

وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ

Wa law alqaa ma'aazeerah

Even if he presents his excuses.

لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ

Laa tuharrik bihee lisaa naka lita'jala bih

Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.

إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ

Inna 'alainaa jam'ahoo wa qur aanah

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

فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ

Fa izaa qaraanaahu fattabi' qur aanah

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

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ

Summa inna 'alainaa bayaanah

Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].

كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ

Kallaa bal tuhibboonal 'aajilah

No! But you love the immediate

وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ

Wa tazaroonal Aakhirah

And leave the Hereafter.

وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ نَّاضِرَةٌ

Wujoohuny yawma 'izin naadirah

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

إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌۭ

Ilaa rabbihaa naazirah

Looking at their Lord.

وَوُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌۭ

Wa wujoohuny yawma 'izim baasirah

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

تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌۭ

Tazunnu any yuf'ala bihaa faaqirah

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

كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ

Kallaaa izaa balaghatit taraaqee

No! When the soul has reached the collar bones

وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍۢ

Wa qeela man raaq

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

وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ

Wa zanna annahul firaaq

And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation

وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ

Waltaffatis saaqu bissaaq

And the leg is wound about the leg,

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ

Ilaa rabbika yawma'izinil masaaq

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

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ

Falaa saddaqa wa laa sallaa

And the disbeliever had not believed, nor had he prayed.

وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

Wa laakin kazzaba wa tawalla

But [instead], he denied and turned away.

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ

Summa zahaba ilaaa ahlihee yatamatta

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

أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ

Awlaa laka fa awlaa

Woe to you, and woe!

ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ

Summa awlaa laka fa awla

Then woe to you, and woe!

أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى

Ayahsabul insaanu anyytraka sudaa

Does man think that he will be left neglected?

أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةًۭ مِّن مَّنِىٍّۢ يُمْنَىٰ

Alam yaku nutfatam mim maniyyiny yumnaa

Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةًۭ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

Summa kaana 'alaqata fakhalaq fasawwaa

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

فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ

Faja'ala minhuz zawjayniz zakara wal unsaa

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

أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْۦِىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ

Alaisa zaalika biqaadirin 'alaaa any yuhyiyal mawtaa

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