Surah Al-Qiyamah

لَآ اُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ الْقِيٰمَةِۙ ۝١

Lā uqsimu biyaumil-qiyāmah

1. I swear by the Day of Resurrection.

وَلَآ اُقْسِمُ بِالنَّفْسِ اللَّوَّامَةِ ۝٢

Wa lā uqsimu bin nafsil-lawwāmah

2. And I swear by the blaming soul.

اَيَحْسَبُ الْاِنْسَانُ اَلَّنْ نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهٗ ۗ ۝٣

Ayaḥsabul-insānu allan najma‘a ‘iẓōmah

3. Does man think that We will not reassemble his bones?

بَلٰى قٰدِرِيْنَ عَلٰٓى اَنْ نُّسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهٗ ۝٤

Balā qōdirīna ‘alā an nusawwiya banānah

4. Yes indeed; We are Able to reconstruct his fingertips.

بَلْ يُرِيْدُ الْاِنْسَانُ لِيَفْجُرَ اَمَامَهٗۚ ۝٥

Bal yurīdul-insānu liyafjuro amāmah

5. But man wants to deny what is ahead of him.

يَسْـَٔلُ اَيَّانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيٰمَةِۗ ۝٦

Yas'alu ayyāna yaumul-qiyāmah

6. He asks, “When is the Day of Resurrection?”

فَاِذَا بَرِقَ الْبَصَرُۙ ۝٧

Fa iżā bariqol-baṣor

7. When vision is dazzled.

وَخَسَفَ الْقَمَرُۙ ۝٨

Wa khosafal-qomar

8. And the moon is eclipsed.

وَجُمِعَ الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُۙ ۝٩

Wa jumi‘asy-syamsu wal-qomar

9. And the sun and the moon are joined together.

يَقُوْلُ الْاِنْسَانُ يَوْمَىِٕذٍ اَيْنَ الْمَفَرُّۚ ۝١٠

Yaqūlul-insānu yauma'iżin ainal-mafarr

10. On that Day, man will say, “Where is the escape?”

كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَۗ ۝١١

Kallā lā wazar

11. No indeed! There is no refuge.

اِلٰى رَبِّكَ يَوْمَىِٕذِ ِۨالْمُسْتَقَرُّۗ ۝١٢

Ilā robbika yauma'iżinil-mustaqorr

12. To your Lord on that Day is the settlement.

يُنَبَّؤُا الْاِنْسَانُ يَوْمَىِٕذٍۢ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَاَخَّرَۗ ۝١٣

Yunabba'ul-insānu yauma'iżim bimā qoddama wa akhkhor

13. On that Day man will be informed of everything he put forward, and everything he left behind.

بَلِ الْاِنْسَانُ عَلٰى نَفْسِهٖ بَصِيْرَةٌۙ ۝١٤

Balil-insānu ‘alā nafsihī baṣīroh

14. And man will be evidence against himself.

وَّلَوْ اَلْقٰى مَعَاذِيْرَهٗۗ ۝١٥

Wa lau alqō ma‘āżīroh

15. Even as he presents his excuses.

لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهٖ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهٖۗ ۝١٦

Lā tuḥarrik bihī lisānaka lita‘jala bih

16. Do not wag your tongue with it, to hurry on with it.

اِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهٗ وَقُرْاٰنَهٗ ۚ ۝١٧

Inna ‘alainā jam‘ahū wa qur'ānah

17. Upon Us is its collection and its recitation.

فَاِذَا قَرَأْنٰهُ فَاتَّبِعْ قُرْاٰنَهٗ ۚ ۝١٨

Fa iżā qoro'nāhu fattabi‘ qur'ānah

18. Then, when We have recited it, follow its recitation.

ثُمَّ اِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهٗ ۗ ۝١٩

Ṡumma inna ‘alainā bayānah

19. Then upon Us is its explanation.

كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّوْنَ الْعَاجِلَةَۙ ۝٢٠

Kallā bal tuḥibbūnal-‘ājilah

20. Alas, you love the fleeting life.

وَتَذَرُوْنَ الْاٰخِرَةَۗ ۝٢١

Wa tażarūnal-‘ākhiroh

21. And you disregard the Hereafter.

وُجُوْهٌ يَّوْمَىِٕذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌۙ ۝٢٢

Wujūhuy yauma'iżin nāḍiroh

22. Faces on that Day will be radiant.

اِلٰى رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ ۚ ۝٢٣

Ilā robbihā nāẓiroh

23. Looking towards their Lord.

وَوُجُوْهٌ يَّوْمَىِٕذٍۢ بَاسِرَةٌۙ ۝٢٤

Wa wujūhuy yauma'iżim bāsiroh

24. And faces on that Day will be gloomy.

تَظُنُّ اَنْ يُّفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ ۗ ۝٢٥

Taẓunnu ay yuf‘ala bihā fāqiroh

25. Realizing that a back-breaker has befallen them.

كَلَّآ اِذَا بَلَغَتِ التَّرَاقِيَۙ ۝٢٦

Kallā iżā balaghotit-tarōqiy

26. Indeed, when it has reached the breast-bones.

وَقِيْلَ مَنْ ۜرَاقٍۙ ۝٢٧

Wa qīla man…rōq

27. And it is said, “Who is the healer?”

وَّظَنَّ اَنَّهُ الْفِرَاقُۙ ۝٢٨

Wa ẓonna annahul-firōq

28. And he realizes that it is the parting.

وَالْتَفَّتِ السَّاقُ بِالسَّاقِۙ ۝٢٩

Waltaffatis-sāqu bis-sāq

29. And leg is entwined with leg.

اِلٰى رَبِّكَ يَوْمَىِٕذِ ِۨالْمَسَاقُ ۗ ࣖ ۝٣٠

Ilā robbika yauma'iżinil-masāq

30. To your Lord on that Day is the drive.

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلّٰىۙ ۝٣١

Falā ṣoddaqo wa lā ṣollā

31. He neither believed nor prayed.

وَلٰكِنْ كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلّٰىۙ ۝٣٢

Wa lākin każżaba wa tawallā

32. But he denied and turned away.

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ اِلٰٓى اَهْلِهٖ يَتَمَطّٰىۗ ۝٣٣

Ṡumma żahaba ilā ahlihī yatamaṭṭō

33. Then he went to his family, full of pride.

اَوْلٰى لَكَ فَاَوْلٰىۙ ۝٣٤

Aulā laka fa'aulā

34. Woe to you; and woe.

ثُمَّ اَوْلٰى لَكَ فَاَوْلٰىۗ ۝٣٥

Ṡumma aulā laka fa'aulā

35. Then again: woe to you; and woe.

اَيَحْسَبُ الْاِنْسَانُ اَنْ يُّتْرَكَ سُدًىۗ ۝٣٦

Ayaḥsabul-insānu ay yutroka sudā

36. Does man think that he will be left without purpose?

اَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّنْ مَّنِيٍّ يُّمْنٰى ۝٣٧

Alam yaku nuṭfatam mim maniyyiy yumnā

37. Was he not a drop of ejaculated semen?

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوّٰىۙ ۝٣٨

Ṡumma kāna ‘alaqotan fa kholaqo fa sawwā

38. Then he became a clot. And He created and proportioned?

فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ الزَّوْجَيْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالْاُنْثٰىۗ ۝٣٩

Fa ja‘ala minhuz-zaujainiż-żakaro wal-unṡā

39. And made of him the two sexes, the male and the female?

اَلَيْسَ ذٰلِكَ بِقٰدِرٍ عَلٰٓى اَنْ يُّحْيِ َۧ الْمَوْتٰى ࣖ ۝٤٠

Alaisa żālika biqōdirin ‘alā ay yuḥyiyal-mautā

40. Is He not Able to revive the dead?