The Quran: Sūra LXXV.: Qiyāmat, or the Resurrection.: Section 1 (1-30)
The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934]
1. La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
1. I do call to witness
The Resurrection Day;
2. Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
2. And I do call to witness
The self-reproaching spirit:
(Eschew Evil).
3. Ayahsabu al-insanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu
3. Does man think that We
Cannot assemble his bones?
4. Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu
4. Nay, We are able to put
Together in perfect order
The very tips of his fingers.
5. Bal yureedu al-insanu liyafjura amamahu
5. But man wishes to do
Wrong (even) in the time
In front of him.
6. Yas-alu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
6. He questions: "When
Is the Day of Resurrection?"
7. At length, when
The Sight is dazed,
8. And the moon is
Buried in darkness.
9. WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
9. And the sun and moon
Are joined together,—
10. Yaqoolu al-insanu yawma-ithin ayna almafarru
10. That Day will Man say:
"Where is the refuge?"
11. By no means!
No place of safety!
12. Ila rabbika yawma-ithin almustaqarru
12. Before thy Lord (alone),
That Day will be
The place of rest.
13. Yunabbao al-insanu yawma-ithin bima qaddama waakhkhara
13. That Day will Man
Be told (all) that he
Put forward, and all
That he put back.
14. Bali al-insanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
14. Nay, man will be
Evidence against himself,
15. Even though he were
To put up his excuses.
16. La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi
16. Move not thy tongue
Concerning the (Qur-ān)
To make haste therewith,
17. Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waqur-anahu
17. It is for Us to collect it
And to promulgate it:
18. Fa-itha qara/nahu faittabiAA qur-anahu
18. But when We have
Promulgated it, follow thou
Its recital (as promulgated):
19. Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
19. Nay more, it is
For us to explain it
(And make it clear):
20. Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
20. Nay, (ye men!)
But ye love
The fleeting life,
21. And leave alone
The Hereafter.
22. Wujoohun yawma-ithin nadiratun
22. Some faces, that Day,
Will beam (in brightness
And beauty);—
23. Looking towards their Lord;
24. Wawujoohun yawma-ithin basiratun
24. And some faces, that Day,
Will be sad and dismal,
25. Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun
25. In the thought that some
Back-breaking calamity was about
To be indicted on them;
26. Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
26. Yea, when (the soul)
Reaches to the collar-bone
(In its exit),
27. And there will be a cry,
"Who is a magician
(To restore him)?"
28. And he will conclude
That it was (the Time)
Of Parting;
29. Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
29. And one leg will be
Joined with another:
30. Ila rabbika yawma-ithin almasaqu
30. That Day the Drive
Will be (all) to thy Lord!