La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
AL QIYAMA 1
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
AL QIYAMA 2
Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
AL QIYAMA 3
Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
AL QIYAMA 4
Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
But man desires to continue in sin.
AL QIYAMA 5
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
AL QIYAMA 6
Faitha bariqa albasaru
So when vision is dazzled
AL QIYAMA 7
Wakhasafa alqamaru
And the moon darkens
AL QIYAMA 8
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
And the sun and the moon are joined,
AL QIYAMA 9
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
AL QIYAMA 10
Kalla la wazara
No! There is no refuge.
AL QIYAMA 11
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
AL QIYAMA 12
Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara
Man will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
AL QIYAMA 13
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
AL QIYAMA 14
Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
Even if he presents his excuses.
AL QIYAMA 15
La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.
AL QIYAMA 16
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
AL QIYAMA 17
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
AL QIYAMA 18
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
AL QIYAMA 19
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
No! But you love the immediate
AL QIYAMA 20
Watatharoona alakhirata
And leave the Hereafter.
AL QIYAMA 21
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
AL QIYAMA 22
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
Looking at their Lord.
AL QIYAMA 23
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
AL QIYAMA 24
Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
AL QIYAMA 25
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
AL QIYAMA 26
Waqeela man raqin
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
AL QIYAMA 27
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
AL QIYAMA 28
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
And the leg is wound about the leg,
AL QIYAMA 29
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
AL QIYAMA 30
Fala saddaqa wala salla
And the disbeliever had not believed, nor had he prayed.
AL QIYAMA 31
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
AL QIYAMA 32
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
AL QIYAMA 33
Awla laka faawla
Woe to you, and woe!
AL QIYAMA 34
Thumma awla laka faawla
Then woe to you, and woe!
AL QIYAMA 35
Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
AL QIYAMA 36
Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
AL QIYAMA 37
Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
AL QIYAMA 38
FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
AL QIYAMA 39
Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?
AL QIYAMA 40