Surah Al-Qiyamah

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ١

   75:1

   lā uq'simu biyawmi l-qiyāmati

   I swear by the Day of Resurrection

2. وَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلنَّفۡسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ٢

   75:2

   walā uq'simu bil-nafsi l-lawāmati

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

3. أَيَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجۡمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ٣

   75:3

   ayaḥsabu l-insānu allan najmaʿa ʿiẓāmahu

   Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

4. بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهُۥ٤

   75:4

   balā qādirīna ʿalā an nusawwiya banānahu

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

5. بَلۡ يُرِيدُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفۡجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ٥

   75:5

   bal yurīdu l-insānu liyafjura amāmahu

   But man desires to continue in sin.

6. يَسۡـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوۡمُ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ٦

   75:6

   yasalu ayyāna yawmu l-qiyāmati

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

7. فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ٧

   75:7

   fa-idhā bariqa l-baṣaru

   So when vision is dazzled.

8. وَخَسَفَ ٱلۡقَمَرُ٨

   75:8

   wakhasafa l-qamaru

   And the moon darkens.

9. وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ٩

   75:9

   wajumiʿa l-shamsu wal-qamaru

   And the sun and the moon are joined,

10. يَقُولُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ يَوۡمَئِذٍ أَيۡنَ ٱلۡمَفَرُّ١٠

    75:10

    yaqūlu l-insānu yawma-idhin ayna l-mafaru

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

11. كـَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ١١

    75:11

    kallā lā wazara

    No! There is no refuge.

12. إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقَرُّ١٢

    75:12

    ilā rabbika yawma-idhin l-mus'taqaru

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

13. يُنَبَّؤُاْ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ١٣

    75:13

    yunabba-u l-insānu yawma-idhin bimā qaddama wa-akhara

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

14. بَلِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفۡسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٞ١٤

    75:14

    bali l-insānu ʿalā nafsihi baṣīratun

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

15. وَلَوۡ أَلۡقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ١٥

    75:15

    walaw alqā maʿādhīrahu

    Even if he presents his excuses.

16. لَا تُحَرِّكۡ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعۡجَلَ بِهِۦٓ١٦

    75:16

    lā tuḥarrik bihi lisānaka litaʿjala bihi

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

17. إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا جَمۡعَهُۥ وَقُرۡءَانَهُۥ١٧

    75:17

    inna ʿalaynā jamʿahu waqur'ānahu

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

18. فَإِذَا قَرَأۡنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعۡ قُرۡءَانَهُۥ١٨

    75:18

    fa-idhā qaranāhu fa-ittabiʿ qur'ānahu

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

19. ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا بَيَانَهُۥ١٩

    75:19

    thumma inna ʿalaynā bayānahu

    Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].

20. كـَلَّا بَلۡ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡعَاجِلَةَ٢٠

    75:20

    kallā bal tuḥibbūna l-ʿājilata

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

21. وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَ٢١

    75:21

    watadharūna l-ākhirata

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

22. وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ نَّاضِرَةٌ٢٢

    75:22

    wujūhun yawma-idhin nāḍiratun

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

23. إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٞ٢٣

    75:23

    ilā rabbihā nāẓiratun

    Looking at their Lord.

24. وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بَاسِرَةٞ٢٤

    75:24

    wawujūhun yawma-idhin bāsiratun

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

25. تَظُنُّ أَن يُفۡعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٞ٢٥

    75:25

    taẓunnu an yuf'ʿala bihā fāqiratun

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

26. كـَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِيَ٢٦

    75:26

    kallā idhā balaghati l-tarāqiya

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

27. وَقِيلَ مَنۡۜ رَاقٖ٢٧

    75:27

    waqīla man rāqin

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

28. وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلۡفِرَاقُ٢٨

    75:28

    waẓanna annahu l-firāqu

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

29. وَٱلۡتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ٢٩

    75:29

    wal-tafati l-sāqu bil-sāqi

    And the leg is wound about the leg,

30. إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡمَسَاقُ٣٠

    75:30

    ilā rabbika yawma-idhin l-masāqu

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

31. فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ٣١

    75:31

    falā ṣaddaqa walā ṣallā

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

32. وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ٣٢

    75:32

    walākin kadhaba watawallā

    But [instead], he denied and turned away.

33. ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ٣٣

    75:33

    thumma dhahaba ilā ahlihi yatamaṭṭā

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

34. أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰ٣٤

    75:34

    awlā laka fa-awlā

    Woe to you, and woe!

35. ثُمَّ أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰٓ٣٥

    75:35

    thumma awlā laka fa-awlā

    Then woe to you, and woe!

36. أَيَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتۡرَكَ سُدًى٣٦

    75:36

    ayaḥsabu l-insānu an yut'raka sudan

    Does man think that he will be left neglected?

37. أَلَمۡ يَكُ نُطۡفَةٗ مِّن مَّنِيّٖ يُمۡنَىٰ٣٧

    75:37

    alam yaku nuṭ'fatan min maniyyin yum'nā

    Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

38. ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةٗ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ٣٨

    75:38

    thumma kāna ʿalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwā

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

39. فَجَعَلَ مِنۡهُ ٱلزَّوۡجَيۡنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰٓ٣٩

    75:39

    fajaʿala min'hu l-zawjayni l-dhakara wal-unthā

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

40. أَلَيۡسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحۡـِۧيَ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ٤٠

    75:40

    alaysa dhālika biqādirin ʿalā an yuḥ'yiya l-mawtā

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