75. Sūrat Al-Qiyamah · The Resurrection

I do swear by the Day of Judgment!

Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;

NAY! I call to witness the Day of Resurrection!

I call to swear by the Day of Resurrection.

I swear by the Day of Resurrection

And I do swear by the self-reproaching soul!

Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).

But nay! I call to witness the accusing voice of man's own conscience!

And I do swear by the self-blaming soul.

And I swear by the blaming self, reproaching (itself for evil deeds)

Do people think We cannot reassemble their bones?

Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones?

Does man think that We cannot [resurrect him and] bring his bones together again?

Does man think that We shall not assemble his bones?

Does man think We shall not at all collect his bones (which will decompose into dust particles after his death)

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

Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!

Yea indeed, We are able to make whole his very finger-tips!

Why not, We are powerful to restore his very fingertips.

Yes, of course! We have also the power to restore and set right even his finger joints and finger tips

Still people want to deny what is yet to come,

But man would fain deny what is before him.

None the less man chooses to deny what lies ahead of him,

But man desires to do wrong infront of him.

Yet man still wants to continue committing sins also (in the life to come)

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

He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection?

asking [derisively], "When is that Resurrection Day to be?"

He asks, when will be the Day of Resurrection?

He asks (scornfully): ‘When is the Day of Resurrection?

But when the sight is stunned,

But when sight is confounded

But [on that Day,] when the eyesight is by fear confounded,

But when the eyes is dazzled.

But when the eyes will be dazzled

and the moon is dimmed,

And the moon is eclipsed

and the moon is darkened,

And the moon is eclipsed.

And the moon will be eclipsed

and the sun and the moon are brought together,

And sun and moon are united,

and the sun and the moon are brought together

And the sun and the moon will be joined together.

And the sun and the moon will be fused (i.e., darkened) together

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

On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!

on that Day will man exclaim "Whither to flee?"

On that day the man will say, where is place to run away to?

On that Day man will cry out: ‘Where to flee away?

But no! There will be no refuge.

Alas! No refuge!

But nay: no refuge [for thee, O man]!

Never, there is no refuge.

No indeed! There is no place of refuge

On that Day all will end up before your Lord.

Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.

With thy Sustainer, on that Day, the journey's end will be!

On that day, one is to take towards your Lord alone.

The place of refuge and repose that Day will be with your Lord alone

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

On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.

Man will be apprised, on that Day, of what he has done and what he has left undone:

That day man shall be informed as to what he has sent forward and what he left behind.

That Day man will be informed of those (deeds) which he sent forward and those (repercussions) which he left behind (after his death)

In fact, people will testify against their own souls,

Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,

nay, but man shall against himself be an eye-witness,

But rather man has complete sight over his own condition.

In truth, man will (himself) be aware of (the affairs of) his self

despite the excuses they come up with.

Although he tender his excuses.

even though he may veil himself in excuses.

And if he brings all excuses he has, even then he will not be heard.

Even though he will offer all his excuses

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

Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.

MOVE NOT thy tongue in haste, [repeating the words of the revelation:]

Move not your tongue with Quran that you may hasten to learn it.

(O Beloved!) Do not move your tongue in a hurry (to learn the Qur’an by heart when it is revealed to you)

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

Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.

for, behold, it is for Us to gather it [in thy heart,] and to cause it to be read [as it ought to be read].

Undoubtedly, it is upon Us to preserve it and to recite.

Assuredly, upon Us rests its collection and preservation (in your breast) and its recitation (by your tongue)

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

And when We read it, follow thou the reading;

Thus, when We recite it, follow thou its wording [with all thy mind]:

So, when We have already recited it follow then its recital.

So when We complete its recitation (by the tongue of Jibril [Gabriel]), then follow that recitation

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

Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.

and then, behold, it will be for Us to make its meaning clear.

Then it is upon Us, to make clear its minute details.

Then surely upon Us is the clear exposition (of its implications)

But no! In fact, you love this fleeting world,

Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now

NAY, but [most of] you love this fleeting life,

Nothing, rather you O infidels! love near life.

The truth is, (O disbelievers,) that you love (the world) which you can readily gain

and neglect the Hereafter.

And neglect the Hereafter.

and give no thought to the life to come [and to Judgment Day]!

And you have already neglected the Hereafter.

And you have left aside the Hereafter

On that Day ˹some˺ faces will be bright,

That day will faces be resplendent,

Some faces will on that Day be bright with happiness,

Some faces on that day will be fresh.

Many faces will be fresh and in full bloom that Day

looking at their Lord.

Looking toward their Lord;

looking up to their Sustainer;

Looking towards their Lord.

Beholding (the enchanting radiance and beauty of) their Lord (unveiled)

And ˹other˺ faces will be gloomy,

And that day will other faces be despondent,

and some faces will on that Day be overcast with despair,

And some faces that day will be sad and dismal.

And many faces will be deformed (depressed and dark) that Day

anticipating something devastating to befall them.

Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.

knowing that a crushing calamity is about to befall them.

Thinking that back-breaking calamity will befall them.

Thinking that they will be subjected to such a harsh treatment that will break their backbones

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

Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat

NAY, but when [the last breath] comes up to the throat [of a dying man],

Yes, when it will reach to the throat.

No indeed! When the soul reaches the throat

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

And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now)?

and people ask, "Is there any wizard [that could save him]?"

And it will be said, Is there any one who may exorcise?

And it is said: ‘Who can (now) treat him with magic (to cure him)?

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

And he knoweth that it is the parting;

the while he [himself] knows that this is the parting,

And he (the dying man) will think that it is the hour of parting.

And (the departing soul) comes to realize that (now) is the hour of parting (with all)

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

And agony is heaped on agony;

and is enwrapped in the pangs of death

And shank will intertwined with shank.

And one leg clings to the other

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

Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.

at that time towards thy Sustainer does he feel impelled to turn!

The drive that day is towards your Lord.

Towards your Lord is the departure that Day

This denier neither believed nor prayed,

For he neither trusted, nor prayed.

[Useless, though, will be his repentance: for [as long as he was alive] he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray [for enlightenment],

For neither he accepted the truth nor offered prayers.

So (how ill-fated is he that) he neither affirmed (what the Messenger said) nor offered Prayer

but persisted in denial and turned away,

But he denied and flouted.

but, on the contrary, he gave the lie to the truth and turned away [from it],

Yes, he belied and turned his face.

Rather he kept belying and turning away

then went to their own people, walking boastfully.

Then went he to his folk with glee.

and then went arrogantly back to what he had come from.

Then he departed to his home arrogantly.

Then he went off towards his family in arrogance

Woe to you, and more woe!

Nearer unto thee and nearer,

[And yet, O man, thine end comes hourly] nearer unto thee, and nearer –

Woe is near to you, now woe is near.

Woe to you (when dying), then woe to you (in the grave)

Again, woe to you, and even more woe!

Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).

and ever nearer unto thee, and nearer!

Again, woe is near to you, now woe is near.

Then again woe to you (on the Last Day), then woe to you (in Hell)

Do people think they will be left without purpose?

Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless?

DOES MAN, then, think that he is to be left to himself to go about at will?

Does man think that he will be left free?

Does man think that he will be left for nothing (without any reckoning)

Were they not ˹once˺ a sperm-drop emitted?

Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth?

Was he not once a [mere] drop of sperm that had been spilt,

Was he not a sperm of emission emitted?

Was he not (in his beginning) a sperm drop ejaculated (into the woman’s womb)

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

Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned

and thereafter became a germ-cell - whereupon He created and formed [it] in accordance with what [it] was meant to be,

Then he became a clot, and then He created him and perfected him.

Then it developed into a hanging mass (clinging to the womb like a nest). Then He created (in it the preliminary form of all the limbs of the body). Then He set (them) right

producing from it both sexes, male and female.

And made of him a pair, the male and female.

and fashioned out of it the two sexes, the male and the female?

And then He made of him a pair. The male and female

Then He made from the same sperm drop two genders: male and female

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

Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life?

Is not He, then; able to bring the dead back to life?

Would the One who has done all these things be not able to give life to the dead

Then has He not the power to give life to the dead again