Al-Qiyaama

لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ

I do swear by the Day of Judgment!

وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ

And I do swear by the self-reproaching soul!

أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ

Do people think We cannot reassemble their bones?

بَلَىٰ قَـٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ

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

بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ

Still people want to deny what is yet to come

يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ

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

فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ

But when the sight is stunned

وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ

and the moon is dimmed

وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ

and the sun and the moon are brought together

يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ

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

كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ

But no! There will be no refuge.

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ

On that Day all will end up before your Lord.

يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ

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

بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌ

In fact, people will testify against their own souls

وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ

despite the excuses they come up with.

لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ

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

إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ

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

فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَـٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ

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

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ

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

كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ

But no! In fact, you love this fleeting world

وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ

and neglect the Hereafter.

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ

On that Day ˹some˺ faces will be bright

إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ

looking at their Lord.

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌ

And ˹other˺ faces will be gloomy

تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ

anticipating something devastating to befall them.

كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ

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

وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍ

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

وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ

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

وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ

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

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ

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

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ

This denier neither believed nor prayed

وَلَـٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

but persisted in denial and turned away

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ

then went to their own people, walking boastfully.

أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ

Woe to you, and more woe!

ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ

Again, woe to you, and even more woe!

أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى

Do people think they will be left without purpose?

أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِىٍّ يُمْنَىٰ

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

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

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

فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ

producing from it both sexes, male and female.

أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَـٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْـِۧىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ

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