Al-Qiyaama
سُورَةُ القِيَامَةِ
The Resurrection
**In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful** The blessed Chapter, revealed in Mecca, has forty Verses. The designation of the Chapter, denoting Resurrection, derives from the opening Verse. The Chapter, as reflected in its title, mainly treats of the Day of Resurrection. It opens with an enumeration of the harsh and frightening incidents to occur at the end of the world and proceeds to make mention of the happy and sad appearances of the good and evil doers. Further, the blessed Chapter deals with the states of mankind in the throes of death, the creation of man from a drop of semen as a token of Divine Omnipotence in recreating him. It is noteworthy that four Verses in the middle of the Chapter treat of the manner of Revelation and recitation of the Holy Qur’an. According to the traditions, one who perseveres in the recitation of the blessed Chapter and acts upon it shall be able to happily and smilingly cross the Bridge Spanning Hellfire (sirat).
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ
Laaa uqsimu bi yawmil qiyaamah
I CALL TO WITNESS the Day of Resurrection,
وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ
Wa laaa uqsimu bin nafsil lawwaamah
And I call the reprehensive soul to witness:
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ
Ayahsabul insaanu al lan najm'a 'izaamah
Does man think We shall not put his bones together?
بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ
Balaa qaadireena 'alaaa an nusawwiya banaanah
Surely We are able to reform even his finger-tips.
بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ
Bal yureedul insaanu liyafjura amaamah
Yet man is sceptical of what is right before him.
يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ
Yas'alu ayyyaana yawmul qiyaamah
He asks: "When will the Day of Resurrection be?"
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ
Fa izaa bariqal basar
Yet when the eyes are dazzled,
وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ
We khasafal qamar
The moon eclipsed,
وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ
Wa jumi'ash shamusu wal qamar
And the sun and moon are conjoined,
يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ
Yaqoolul insaanu yaw ma 'izin aynal mafarr
That day man will say: "Where can I find escape?"
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ
Kallaa laa wazar
Never so, for there will be no escape.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ
Ilaa rabbika yawma 'izinil mustaqarr
With your Lord alone will be the retreat on that day.
يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ
Yunabba 'ul insaanu yawma 'izim bimaa qaddama wa akhkhar
Then man will be told what he had sent ahead (of good) and what he had left behind.
بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌۭ
Balil insaanu 'alaa nafsihee baseerah
In fact man is a witness against himself,
وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ
Wa law alqaa ma'aazeerah
Whatever the excuses he may offer.
لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ
Laa tuharrik bihee lisaa naka lita'jala bih
Do not forestall (the revelation before its completion) by acting in haste.
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ
Inna 'alainaa jam'ahoo wa qur aanah
Surely its collection and recitation are Our responsibility.
فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ
Fa izaa qaraanaahu fattabi' qur aanah
So, as We recite it, follow its reading.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ
Summa inna 'alainaa bayaanah
The exposition of its meaning surely rests on Us.
كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ
Kallaa bal tuhibboonal 'aajilah
But no. You love this transient life,
وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ
Wa tazaroonal Aakhirah
And neglect the Hereafter.
وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ نَّاضِرَةٌ
Wujoohuny yawma 'izin naadirah
How many faces will be refulgent on that Day,
إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌۭ
Ilaa rabbihaa naazirah
Waiting for their Lord.
وَوُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌۭ
Wa wujoohuny yawma 'izim baasirah
And how many faces on that Day will be woe-begone
تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌۭ
Tazunnu any yuf'ala bihaa faaqirah
Fearing that a great disaster is going to befall them.
كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ
Kallaaa izaa balaghatit taraaqee
Never so, for when life withdraws into the clavicula,
وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍۢ
Wa qeela man raaq
And it is asked: "Is there any reciter of charms and amulets?"
وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ
Wa zanna annahul firaaq
He will then realise it is the parting,
وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ
Waltaffatis saaqu bissaaq
And anguish will be heaped upon anguish:
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ
Ilaa rabbika yawma'izinil masaaq
To your Lord then will be the driving.
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ
Falaa saddaqa wa laa sallaa
For he neither believed nor prayed,
وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
Wa laakin kazzaba wa tawalla
But only disavowed and turned away;
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ
Summa zahaba ilaaa ahlihee yatamatta
Then he strutted back to his people.
أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ
Awlaa laka fa awlaa
Alas the woe for you, alas!
ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ
Summa awlaa laka fa awla
Alas, the woe for you!
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى
Ayahsabul insaanu anyytraka sudaa
Does man think that he will be left alone to himself, free?
أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةًۭ مِّن مَّنِىٍّۢ يُمْنَىٰ
Alam yaku nutfatam mim maniyyiny yumnaa
Was he not an emitted drop of semen,
ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةًۭ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
Summa kaana 'alaqata fakhalaq fasawwaa
Then formed into an embryo? Then He fashioned, shaped and proportioned
فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ
Faja'ala minhuz zawjayniz zakara wal unsaa
And assigned it sexes, male and female.
أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْۦِىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ
Alaisa zaalika biqaadirin 'alaaa any yuhyiyal mawtaa
Cannot such as He bring the dead to life?