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Al-Qiyaama
Chapter 75 - The Resurrection - 40 verses
سُورَةُ القِيَامَةِ
About Al-Qiyaama
The Resurrection • Meccan • 40 verses
Verse 1
لَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِیَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِیَـٰمَةِ
Pronunciation
Laaa uqsimu bi yawmil qiyaamah
Translation
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
Verse 2
وَلَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلنَّفۡسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ
Pronunciation
Wa laaa uqsimu bin nafsil lawwaamah
Translation
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
Verse 3
أَیَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجۡمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ
Pronunciation
Ayahsabul insaanu al lan najm'a 'izaamah
Translation
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
Verse 4
بَلَىٰ قَـٰدِرِینَ عَلَىٰۤ أَن نُّسَوِّیَ بَنَانَهُۥ
Pronunciation
Balaa qaadireena 'alaaa an nusawwiya banaanah
Translation
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
Verse 5
بَلۡ یُرِیدُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ لِیَفۡجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ
Pronunciation
Bal yureedul insaanu liyafjura amaamah
Translation
But man desires to continue in sin.
Verse 6
یَسۡـَٔلُ أَیَّانَ یَوۡمُ ٱلۡقِیَـٰمَةِ
Pronunciation
Yas'alu ayyyaana yawmul qiyaamah
Translation
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
Verse 7
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ
Pronunciation
Fa izaa bariqal basar
Translation
So when vision is dazzled
Verse 8
وَخَسَفَ ٱلۡقَمَرُ
Pronunciation
We khasafal qamar
Translation
And the moon darkens
Verse 9
وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ
Pronunciation
Wa jumi'ash shamusu wal qamar
Translation
And the sun and the moon are joined,
Verse 10
یَقُولُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ یَوۡمَىِٕذٍ أَیۡنَ ٱلۡمَفَرُّ
Pronunciation
Yaqoolul insaanu yaw ma 'izin aynal mafarr
Translation
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
Verse 11
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ
Pronunciation
Kallaa laa wazar
Translation
No! There is no refuge.
Verse 12
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ یَوۡمَىِٕذٍ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقَرُّ
Pronunciation
Ilaa rabbika yawma 'izinil mustaqarr
Translation
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
Verse 13
یُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ یَوۡمَىِٕذِۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ
Pronunciation
Yunabba 'ul insaanu yawma 'izim bimaa qaddama wa akhkhar
Translation
Man will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
Verse 14
بَلِ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفۡسِهِۦ بَصِیرَةࣱ
Pronunciation
Balil insaanu 'alaa nafsihee baseerah
Translation
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
Verse 15
وَلَوۡ أَلۡقَىٰ مَعَاذِیرَهُۥ
Pronunciation
Wa law alqaa ma'aazeerah
Translation
Even if he presents his excuses.
Verse 16
لَا تُحَرِّكۡ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعۡجَلَ بِهِۦۤ
Pronunciation
Laa tuharrik bihee lisaa naka lita'jala bih
Translation
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.
Verse 17
إِنَّ عَلَیۡنَا جَمۡعَهُۥ وَقُرۡءَانَهُۥ
Pronunciation
Inna 'alainaa jam'ahoo wa qur aanah
Translation
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
Verse 18
فَإِذَا قَرَأۡنَـٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعۡ قُرۡءَانَهُۥ
Pronunciation
Fa izaa qaraanaahu fattabi' qur aanah
Translation
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
Verse 19
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَیۡنَا بَیَانَهُۥ
Pronunciation
Summa inna 'alainaa bayaanah
Translation
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
Verse 20
كَلَّا بَلۡ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡعَاجِلَةَ
Pronunciation
Kallaa bal tuhibboonal 'aajilah
Translation
No! But you love the immediate
Verse 21
وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلۡـَٔاخِرَةَ
Pronunciation
Wa tazaroonal Aakhirah
Translation
And leave the Hereafter.
Verse 22
وُجُوهࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ نَّاضِرَةٌ
Pronunciation
Wujoohuny yawma 'izin naadirah
Translation
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
Verse 23
إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةࣱ
Pronunciation
Ilaa rabbihaa naazirah
Translation
Looking at their Lord.
Verse 24
وَوُجُوهࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذِۭ بَاسِرَةࣱ
Pronunciation
Wa wujoohuny yawma 'izim baasirah
Translation
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
Verse 25
تَظُنُّ أَن یُفۡعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةࣱ
Pronunciation
Tazunnu any yuf'ala bihaa faaqirah
Translation
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
Verse 26
كَلَّاۤ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِیَ
Pronunciation
Kallaaa izaa balaghatit taraaqee
Translation
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
Verse 27
وَقِیلَ مَنۡۜ رَاقࣲ
Pronunciation
Wa qeela man raaq
Translation
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
Verse 28
وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلۡفِرَاقُ
Pronunciation
Wa zanna annahul firaaq
Translation
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
Verse 29
وَٱلۡتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ
Pronunciation
Waltaffatis saaqu bissaaq
Translation
And the leg is wound about the leg,
Verse 30
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ یَوۡمَىِٕذٍ ٱلۡمَسَاقُ
Pronunciation
Ilaa rabbika yawma'izinil masaaq
Translation
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
Verse 31
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ
Pronunciation
Falaa saddaqa wa laa sallaa
Translation
And the disbeliever had not believed, nor had he prayed.
Verse 32
وَلَـٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
Pronunciation
Wa laakin kazzaba wa tawalla
Translation
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
Verse 33
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰۤ أَهۡلِهِۦ یَتَمَطَّىٰۤ
Pronunciation
Summa zahaba ilaaa ahlihee yatamatta
Translation
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
Verse 34
أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰ
Pronunciation
Awlaa laka fa awlaa
Translation
Woe to you, and woe!
Verse 35
ثُمَّ أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰۤ
Pronunciation
Summa awlaa laka fa awla
Translation
Then woe to you, and woe!
Verse 36
أَیَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ أَن یُتۡرَكَ سُدًى
Pronunciation
Ayahsabul insaanu anyytraka sudaa
Translation
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
Verse 37
أَلَمۡ یَكُ نُطۡفَةࣰ مِّن مَّنِیࣲّ یُمۡنَىٰ
Pronunciation
Alam yaku nutfatam mim maniyyiny yumnaa
Translation
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
Verse 38
ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةࣰ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
Pronunciation
Summa kaana 'alaqata fakhalaq fasawwaa
Translation
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
Verse 39
فَجَعَلَ مِنۡهُ ٱلزَّوۡجَیۡنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰۤ
Pronunciation
Faja'ala minhuz zawjayniz zakara wal unsaa
Translation
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
Verse 40
أَلَیۡسَ ذَ ٰلِكَ بِقَـٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰۤ أَن یُحۡـِۧیَ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ
Pronunciation
Alaisa zaalika biqaadirin 'alaaa any yuhyiyal mawtaa
Translation
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?
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