Surah Al-Qiyamah القيامة

لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ ١

Lā uqsimu biyawmil-qiyāmah

I swear by the Day of Resurrection

وَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلنَّفۡسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ ٢

Walā uqsimu bin-nafsil-lawwāmah

And I swear by the reproaching soul¹⁸⁰⁰ [to the certainty of resurrection].

أَيَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجۡمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ ٣

Ayahsabul-insānu allan najma'a 'izāmah

Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهُۥ ٤

Balā qādirīna 'alā an nusawwiya banānah

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

بَلۡ يُرِيدُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفۡجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ ٥

Bal yurīdul-insānu liyafjura amāmah

But man desires to continue in sin.¹⁸⁰¹

يَسۡـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوۡمُ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ ٦

Yas'alu ayyāna yawmul-qiyāmah

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

فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ ٧

Fa idhā bariqal-basar

So when vision is dazzled

وَخَسَفَ ٱلۡقَمَرُ ٨

Wakhasafal-qamar

And the moon darkens

وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ ٩

Wajumi'ash-shamsu wal-qamar

And the sun and the moon are joined,

يَقُولُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ يَوۡمَئِذٍ أَيۡنَ ٱلۡمَفَرُّ ١٠

Yaqūlul-insānu yawma'idhin aynal-mafarr

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

كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ ١١

Kallā lā wazar

No! There is no refuge.

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقَرُّ ١٢

Ilā rabbika yawma'idhinil-mustaqarr

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

يُنَبَّؤُاْ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ ١٣

Yunabba'ul-insānu yawma'idhi bimā qaddama wa akkhar

Man will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead¹⁸⁰² and kept back.¹⁸⁰³

بَلِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفۡسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٞ ١٤

Balil-insānu 'alā nafsihī basīrah

Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,¹⁸⁰⁴

وَلَوۡ أَلۡقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ ١٥

Walaw alqā ma'ādhīrah

Even if he presents his excuses.

لَا تُحَرِّكۡ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعۡجَلَ بِهِۦٓ ١٦

Lā tuharrik bihī lisānaka lita'jala bih

Move not your tongue with it, [O Muḥammad], to hasten with it [i.e., recitation of the Qur’ān].

إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا جَمۡعَهُۥ وَقُرۡءَانَهُۥ ١٧

Inna 'alaynā jam'ahū waqur'ānah

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

فَإِذَا قَرَأۡنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعۡ قُرۡءَانَهُۥ ١٨

Fa idhā qara'nāhu fattabi' qur'ānah

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

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا بَيَانَهُۥ ١٩

Thumma inna 'alaynā bayānah

Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].

كَلَّا بَلۡ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡعَاجِلَةَ ٢٠

Kallā bal tuhibbūnal-'ājilah

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

وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَ ٢١

Watadharūnal-ākhirah

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

وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ نَّاضِرَةٌ ٢٢

Wujūhun yawma'idhin nādirah

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

إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٞ ٢٣

Ilā rabbihā nāzirah

Looking at their Lord.¹⁸⁰⁵

وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بَاسِرَةٞ ٢٤

Wawujūhun yawma'idhi bāsirah

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

تَظُنُّ أَن يُفۡعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٞ ٢٥

Tazunnu an yuf'ala bihā fāqirah

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

كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِيَ ٢٦

Kallā idhā balaghatit-tarāqiy

No! When it [i.e., the soul] has reached the collar bones¹⁸⁰⁶

وَقِيلَ مَنۡۜ رَاقٖ ٢٧

Waqīla man rāq

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

وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلۡفِرَاقُ ٢٨

Wazanna annahul-firāq

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

وَٱلۡتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ ٢٩

Wal-taffatis-sāqu bis-sāq

And the leg is wound about the leg,¹⁸⁰⁷

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡمَسَاقُ ٣٠

Ilā rabbika yawma'idhinil-masāq

To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.¹⁸⁰⁸

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ ٣١

Falā saddaqa walā sallā

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

وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ٣٢

Walākin kaddhaba watawallā

But [instead], he denied and turned away.

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ ٣٣

Thumma dhahaba ilā ahlihī yatamattā

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

أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰ ٣٤

Awlā laka fa awlā

Woe to you, and woe!

ثُمَّ أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰٓ ٣٥

Thumma awlā laka fa awlā

Then woe to you, and woe!

أَيَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتۡرَكَ سُدًى ٣٦

Ayahsabul-insānu an yutraka sudā

Does man think that he will be left neglected?¹⁸⁰⁹

أَلَمۡ يَكُ نُطۡفَةٗ مِّن مَّنِيّٖ يُمۡنَىٰ ٣٧

Alam yaku nutfatam mim maniyyin yumnā

Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةٗ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ٣٨

Thumma kāna 'alaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwā

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

فَجَعَلَ مِنۡهُ ٱلزَّوۡجَيۡنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰٓ ٣٩

Faja'ala minhuz-zawjaynidh-dhakara wal-unthā

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

أَلَيۡسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحۡـِۧيَ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ ٤٠

Alaysa dhālika biqādirin 'alā an yuhyal-mawtā

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