Al-Qiyamah

لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ

Laaa ʹuq̣simu bi-Yawmil Q̣iyaamah;

I swear by the Day of Resurrection

وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ

Wa-laaa ʹuq̣simu bin-nafsil lawwaamah.

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

أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ

ʹAyaḥsabul ʹiñsaanu ʹal-lan najmaʻa ʻiz̤̣aamah?

Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

بَلَىٰ قَـٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ

Ballaa Q̣aadireena ʻalaaa ʹan nusawwiya banaanah.

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

بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ

Bal yureedul ʹIñsaanu liyafjura ʹamaamah.

But man desires to continue in sin.

يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ

Yasʹalu ʹayyaana Yawmul Q̣IYAAMAH?

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

فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ

Faʹiẓaa bariq̣al baṣar,

So when vision is dazzled

وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ

Wa-khasafal Q̣amar.

And the moon darkens

وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ

Wa-jumiʻash shamsu wal-q̣amar,―

And the sun and the moon are joined,

يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ

Yaq̣oolul ʹiñsaanu Yaw-maʹiẓin ʹaynal mafarr?

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

كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ

Kallaa laa- wazar!

No! There is no refuge.

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ

ʹIlaa Rabbika Yawmaʹiẓinil mustaq̣arr.

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

يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ

Yunabbaʹul ʹiñsaanu Yawmaʹiẓim bimaa q̣addama wa-ʹakhkhar.

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

بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌ

Balil ʹiñsaanu ʻalaa nafsihee baṣeerah,

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

وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ

Wa-law ʹalq̣aa maʻaaẓeerah.

Even if he presents his excuses.

لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ

Laa- tuḥarrik bihee lisaanaka litaʻjala bih.

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

إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ

ʹInna ʻalaynaa jamʻahoo wa-q̣urʹaanah:

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

فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَـٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ

Faʹiẓaa q̣araʹnaahu fattabiʻ q̣ur-ʹaanah:

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

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ

S̤umma ʹinna ʻalaynaa bayaanah:

Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].

كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ

Kallaa bal tuḥibboonal ʻaajilah,―

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

وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ

Wa-taẓaroonal ʹAakhirah.

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

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ

Wujoohuñy Yawmaʹiẓin naaḍirah;―

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

إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ

ʹIlaa Rabbihaa naaz̤̣irah;

Looking at their Lord.

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌ

Wa-wujoohuñy Yawmaʹiẓim baasirah,

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

تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ

Taz̤̣unnu ʹañy yufʻala bihaa faaq̣irah;

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

كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ

Kallaaa ʹiẓaa balag̣atit taraaq̣ee,

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

وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍ

Wa-q̣eela man raaq̣?

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

وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ

Wa-z̤̣anna ʹannahul firaaq̣;

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

وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ

Waltaffatis saaq̣u bissaaq̣:

And the leg is wound about the leg,

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ

ʹIlaa Rabbika Yawmaʹiẓinil masaaq̣!

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

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ

Falaa Saddaq̣a wa-laa ṣallaa!―

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

وَلَـٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

Wa-laakiñ kaẓẓaba wa-tawallaa!

But [instead], he denied and turned away.

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ

S̤umma ẓahaba ʹilaaa ʹahlihee yatamaṭṭaa!

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

أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ

ʹAwlaa laka faʹawlaa!

Woe to you, and woe!

ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ

S̤umma ʹawlaa laka faʹawlaa!

Then woe to you, and woe!

أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى

ʹAyaḥsabul ʹiñsaanu ʹañy yutraka sudaa?

Does man think that he will be left neglected?

أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِىٍّ يُمْنَىٰ

ʹAlam yaku nuṭfatam mim maniyyiñy yumnaa?

Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

S̤umma kaana ʻalaq̣atañ fakhalaq̣a fasawwaa.

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

فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ

Fajaʻala minhuz zawjayniẓ ẓakara wal-ʹuñs̤aa.

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

أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَـٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْـِۧىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ

ʹAlaysa ẓaalika biq̣aadirin ʻalaaa ʹañy yuḥyiyal mawtaa?

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