Surah Al-Qiyamah

لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ۝١

By the Day of Resurrection,

وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ ۝٢

and by the self-reproaching soul!

أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ ۝٣

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

بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ ۝٤

Indeed, We have the power to restore his very finger tips!

بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ ۝٥

Yet man wants to deny what is ahead of him:

يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ۝٦

he asks, "When is this Day of Resurrection to be?"

فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ ۝٧

But [on that Day], when mortal sight is confounded,

وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ ۝٨

and the moon is eclipsed,

وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ ۝٩

when the sun and the moon are brought together,

يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ ۝١٠

on that Day man will ask, "Where can I escape?"

كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ ۝١١

But there is nowhere to take refuge:

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ ۝١٢

on that Day, to your Lord alone is the recourse.

يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ ۝١٣

On that Day, man will be told of all that he has sent before and what he has left behind.

بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌ ۝١٤

Indeed, man shall be a witness against himself,

وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ ۝١٥

in spite of all the excuses he may offer.

لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ ۝١٦

[Prophet], do not move your tongue too fast in your attempt to learn this revelation:

إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ ۝١٧

We Ourself shall see to its collection and recital.

فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ ۝١٨

When We have recited it, follow its words attentively;

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ ۝١٩

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

كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ ۝٢٠

Truly, you love immediate gain

وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ ۝٢١

and neglect the Hereafter.

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ ۝٢٢

Some faces will be radiant on that Day,

إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ ۝٢٣

looking towards their Lord;

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌ ۝٢٤

and some faces will on that Day be gloomy,

تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ ۝٢٥

dreading some great affliction.

كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ ۝٢٦

But when [man's soul] reaches the throat,

وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍ ۝٢٧

and when it is asked: "Could any magician save him now?";

وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ ۝٢٨

and he knows that it is the time of parting;

وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ ۝٢٩

when his legs are brought together [when affliction is combined with affliction];

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ ۝٣٠

on that Day he will be driven towards your Lord!

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ ۝٣١

He neither believed nor prayed,

وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ۝٣٢

but rejected the Truth and turned away!

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ ۝٣٣

Then he went off to his people, swaggering.

أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ ۝٣٤

Woe to you, [O man!], yes, woe to you.

ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ ۝٣٥

Again, woe to you, [O man!], yes, woe to you!

أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى ۝٣٦

Does man, then, think that he is to be left to himself, to go about at will?

أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِىٍّ يُمْنَىٰ ۝٣٧

Was he not once a drop of ejaculated semen,

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ۝٣٨

which then became a leech-like clot; then God shaped and fashioned him in due proportion,

فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ ۝٣٩

fashioning out of him the two sexes, the male and the female?

أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْـِۧىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ ۝٤٠

Then is He not able to bring the dead back to life?