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Surah 75 · 40 ayat

Al-Qiyaama

The Resurrection

القيامة

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

75:1

لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ

MeaningNay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;

75:2

وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ

MeaningNay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).

75:3

أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ

MeaningThinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones?

75:4

بَلَىٰ قَـٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ

MeaningYea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!

75:5

بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ

MeaningBut man would fain deny what is before him.

75:6

يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ

MeaningHe asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection?

75:7

فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ

MeaningBut when sight is confounded

75:8

وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ

MeaningAnd the moon is eclipsed

75:9

وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ

MeaningAnd sun and moon are united,

75:10

يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ

MeaningOn that day man will cry: Whither to flee!

75:11

كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ

MeaningAlas! No refuge!

75:12

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ

MeaningUnto thy Lord is the recourse that day.

75:13

يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ

MeaningOn that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.

75:14

بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌ

MeaningOh, but man is a telling witness against himself,

75:15

وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ

MeaningAlthough he tender his excuses.

75:16

لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ

MeaningStir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.

75:17

إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ

MeaningLo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.

75:18

فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَـٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ

MeaningAnd when We read it, follow thou the reading;

75:19

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ

MeaningThen lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.

75:20

كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ

MeaningNay, but ye do love the fleeting Now

75:21

وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ

MeaningAnd neglect the Hereafter.

75:22

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ

MeaningThat day will faces be resplendent,

75:23

إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ

MeaningLooking toward their Lord;

75:24

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌ

MeaningAnd that day will other faces be despondent,

75:25

تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ

MeaningThou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.

75:26

كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ

MeaningNay, but when the life cometh up to the throat

75:27

وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍ

MeaningAnd men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now)?

75:28

وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ

MeaningAnd he knoweth that it is the parting;

75:29

وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ

MeaningAnd agony is heaped on agony;

75:30

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ

MeaningUnto thy Lord that day will be the driving.

75:31

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ

MeaningFor he neither trusted, nor prayed.

75:32

وَلَـٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

MeaningBut he denied and flouted.

75:33

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ

MeaningThen went he to his folk with glee.

75:34

أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ

MeaningNearer unto thee and nearer,

75:35

ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ

MeaningAgain nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).

75:36

أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى

MeaningThinketh man that he is to be left aimless?

75:37

أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِىٍّ يُمْنَىٰ

MeaningWas he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth?

75:38

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

MeaningThen he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned

75:39

فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ

MeaningAnd made of him a pair, the male and female.

75:40

أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَـٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْـِۧىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ

MeaningIs not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life?

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Arabic source: Tanzil Quran Text 1.1. Verbatim Uthmani source text, used under CC BY 3.0. Check Tanzil for source updates.

Default English meaning: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930). The translation is presented separately from the Qur’an Arabic.

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