Surah Al-Qiyamah

Verse 75:1

لَاۤ اُقْسِمُ بِیَوْمِ الْقِیٰمَةِ ۟ۙ

Laaa ʹuq̣simu bi-Yawmil Q̣iyaamah;

I do swear by the Day of Judgment!

Verse 75:2

وَلَاۤ اُقْسِمُ بِالنَّفْسِ اللَّوَّامَةِ ۟ؕ

Wa-laaa ʹuq̣simu bin-nafsil lawwaamah.

And I do swear by the self-reproaching soul!

Verse 75:3

اَیَحْسَبُ الْاِنْسَانُ اَلَّنْ نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهٗ ۟ؕ

ʹAyaḥsabul ʹiñsaanu ʹal-lan najmaʻa ʻiz̤̣aamah?

Do people think We cannot reassemble their bones?

Verse 75:4

بَلٰى قٰدِرِیْنَ عَلٰۤی اَنْ نُّسَوِّیَ بَنَانَهٗ ۟

Ballaa Q̣aadireena ʻalaaa ʹan nusawwiya banaanah.

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

Verse 75:5

بَلْ یُرِیْدُ الْاِنْسَانُ لِیَفْجُرَ اَمَامَهٗ ۟ۚ

Bal yureedul ʹIñsaanu liyafjura ʹamaamah.

Still people want to deny what is yet to come,

Verse 75:6

یَسْـَٔلُ اَیَّانَ یَوْمُ الْقِیٰمَةِ ۟ؕ

Yasʹalu ʹayyaana Yawmul Q̣IYAAMAH?

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

Verse 75:7

فَاِذَا بَرِقَ الْبَصَرُ ۟ۙ

Faʹiẓaa bariq̣al baṣar,

But when the sight is stunned,

Verse 75:8

وَخَسَفَ الْقَمَرُ ۟ۙ

Wa-khasafal Q̣amar.

and the moon is dimmed,

Verse 75:9

وَجُمِعَ الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ ۟ۙ

Wa-jumiʻash shamsu wal-q̣amar,―

and the sun and the moon are brought together,

Verse 75:10

یَقُوْلُ الْاِنْسَانُ یَوْمَىِٕذٍ اَیْنَ الْمَفَرُّ ۟ۚ

Yaq̣oolul ʹiñsaanu Yaw-maʹiẓin ʹaynal mafarr?

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

Verse 75:11

كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ ۟ؕ

Kallaa laa- wazar!

But no! There will be no refuge.

Verse 75:12

اِلٰى رَبِّكَ یَوْمَىِٕذِ لْمُسْتَقَرُّ ۟ؕ

ʹIlaa Rabbika Yawmaʹiẓinil mustaq̣arr.

On that Day all will end up before your Lord.

Verse 75:13

یُنَبَّؤُا الْاِنْسَانُ یَوْمَىِٕذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَاَخَّرَ ۟ؕ

Yunabbaʹul ʹiñsaanu Yawmaʹiẓim bimaa q̣addama wa-ʹakhkhar.

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

Verse 75:14

بَلِ الْاِنْسَانُ عَلٰی نَفْسِهٖ بَصِیْرَةٌ ۟ۙ

Balil ʹiñsaanu ʻalaa nafsihee baṣeerah,

In fact, people will testify against their own souls,

Verse 75:15

وَّلَوْ اَلْقٰى مَعَاذِیْرَهٗ ۟ؕ

Wa-law ʹalq̣aa maʻaaẓeerah.

despite the excuses they come up with.

Verse 75:16

لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهٖ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهٖ ۟ؕ

Laa- tuḥarrik bihee lisaanaka litaʻjala bih.

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

Verse 75:17

اِنَّ عَلَیْنَا جَمْعَهٗ وَقُرْاٰنَهٗ ۟ۚۖ

ʹInna ʻalaynaa jamʻahoo wa-q̣urʹaanah:

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

Verse 75:18

فَاِذَا قَرَاْنٰهُ فَاتَّبِعْ قُرْاٰنَهٗ ۟ۚ

Faʹiẓaa q̣araʹnaahu fattabiʻ q̣ur-ʹaanah:

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

Verse 75:19

ثُمَّ اِنَّ عَلَیْنَا بَیَانَهٗ ۟ؕ

S̤umma ʹinna ʻalaynaa bayaanah:

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

Verse 75:20

كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّوْنَ الْعَاجِلَةَ ۟ۙ

Kallaa bal tuḥibboonal ʻaajilah,―

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

Verse 75:21

وَتَذَرُوْنَ الْاٰخِرَةَ ۟ؕ

Wa-taẓaroonal ʹAakhirah.

and neglect the Hereafter.

Verse 75:22

وُجُوْهٌ یَّوْمَىِٕذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ ۟ۙ

Wujoohuñy Yawmaʹiẓin naaḍirah;―

On that Day ˹some˺ faces will be bright,

Verse 75:23

اِلٰى رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ ۟ۚ

ʹIlaa Rabbihaa naaz̤̣irah;

looking at their Lord.

Verse 75:24

وَوُجُوْهٌ یَّوْمَىِٕذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌ ۟ۙ

Wa-wujoohuñy Yawmaʹiẓim baasirah,

And ˹other˺ faces will be gloomy,

Verse 75:25

تَظُنُّ اَنْ یُّفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ ۟ؕ

Taz̤̣unnu ʹañy yufʻala bihaa faaq̣irah;

anticipating something devastating to befall them.

Verse 75:26

كَلَّاۤ اِذَا بَلَغَتِ التَّرَاقِیَ ۟ۙ

Kallaaa ʹiẓaa balag̣atit taraaq̣ee,

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

Verse 75:27

وَقِیْلَ مَنْ ٚ رَاقٍ ۟ۙ

Wa-q̣eela man raaq̣?

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

Verse 75:28

وَّظَنَّ اَنَّهُ الْفِرَاقُ ۟ۙ

Wa-z̤̣anna ʹannahul firaaq̣;

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

Verse 75:29

وَالْتَفَّتِ السَّاقُ بِالسَّاقِ ۟ۙ

Waltaffatis saaq̣u bissaaq̣:

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

Verse 75:30

اِلٰى رَبِّكَ یَوْمَىِٕذِ لْمَسَاقُ ۟ؕ۠

ʹIlaa Rabbika Yawmaʹiẓinil masaaq̣!

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

Verse 75:31

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلّٰى ۟ۙ

Falaa Saddaq̣a wa-laa ṣallaa!―

This denier neither believed nor prayed,

Verse 75:32

وَلٰكِنْ كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلّٰى ۟ۙ

Wa-laakiñ kaẓẓaba wa-tawallaa!

but persisted in denial and turned away,

Verse 75:33

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ اِلٰۤی اَهْلِهٖ یَتَمَطّٰى ۟ؕ

S̤umma ẓahaba ʹilaaa ʹahlihee yatamaṭṭaa!

then went to their own people, walking boastfully.

Verse 75:34

اَوْلٰى لَكَ فَاَوْلٰى ۟ۙ

ʹAwlaa laka faʹawlaa!

Woe to you, and more woe!

Verse 75:35

ثُمَّ اَوْلٰى لَكَ فَاَوْلٰى ۟ؕ

S̤umma ʹawlaa laka faʹawlaa!

Again, woe to you, and even more woe!

Verse 75:36

اَیَحْسَبُ الْاِنْسَانُ اَنْ یُّتْرَكَ سُدًی ۟ؕ

ʹAyaḥsabul ʹiñsaanu ʹañy yutraka sudaa?

Do people think they will be left without purpose?

Verse 75:37

اَلَمْ یَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّنْ مَّنِیٍّ یُّمْنٰى ۟ۙ

ʹAlam yaku nuṭfatam mim maniyyiñy yumnaa?

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

Verse 75:38

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوّٰى ۟ۙ

S̤umma kaana ʻalaq̣atañ fakhalaq̣a fasawwaa.

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

Verse 75:39

فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ الزَّوْجَیْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالْاُ ۟ؕ

Fajaʻala minhuz zawjayniẓ ẓakara wal-ʹuñs̤aa.

producing from it both sexes, male and female.

Verse 75:40

اَلَیْسَ ذٰلِكَ بِقٰدِرٍ عَلٰۤی اَنْ یُّحْیِ الْمَوْتٰى ۟۠

ʹAlaysa ẓaalika biq̣aadirin ʻalaaa ʹañy yuḥyiyal mawtaa?

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