Al-Qiyaama

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 1Juz 29 · page 577

   لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ

   (1) I swear by the Day of Resurrection

2. 2Juz 29 · page 577

   وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ

   (2) And I swear by the reproaching soul[1800] [to the certainty of resurrection].

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3. 3Juz 29 · page 577

   أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ

   (3) Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

4. 4Juz 29 · page 577

   بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ

   (4) Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.

5. 5Juz 29 · page 577

   بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ

   (5) But man desires to continue in sin.[1801]

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6. 6Juz 29 · page 577

   يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ

   (6) He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"

7. 7Juz 29 · page 577

   فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ

   (7) So when vision is dazzled

8. 8Juz 29 · page 577

   وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ

   (8) And the moon darkens

9. 9Juz 29 · page 577

   وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ

   (9) And the sun and the moon are joined,

10. 10Juz 29 · page 577

    يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ

    (10) Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"

11. 11Juz 29 · page 577

    كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ

    (11) No! There is no refuge.

12. 12Juz 29 · page 577

    إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ

    (12) To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.

13. 13Juz 29 · page 577

    يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ

    (13) Man will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead[1802] and kept back.[1803]

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14. 14Juz 29 · page 577

    بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌۭ

    (14) Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,[1804]

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15. 15Juz 29 · page 577

    وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ

    (15) Even if he presents his excuses.

16. 16Juz 29 · page 577

    لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ

    (16) Move not your tongue with it, [O Muḥammad], to hasten with it [i.e., recitation of the Qur’ān].

17. 17Juz 29 · page 577

    إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ

    (17) Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.

18. 18Juz 29 · page 577

    فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ

    (18) So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.

19. 19Juz 29 · page 577

    ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ

    (19) Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].

20. 20Juz 29 · page 578

    كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ

    (20) No! But you [i.e., mankind] love the immediate

21. 21Juz 29 · page 578

    وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ

    (21) And leave [i.e., neglect] the Hereafter.

22. 22Juz 29 · page 578

    وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ نَّاضِرَةٌ

    (22) [Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,

23. 23Juz 29 · page 578

    إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌۭ

    (23) Looking at their Lord.[1805]

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24. 24Juz 29 · page 578

    وَوُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌۭ

    (24) And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,

25. 25Juz 29 · page 578

    تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌۭ

    (25) Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.

26. 26Juz 29 · page 578

    كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ

    (26) No! When it [i.e., the soul] has reached the collar bones[1806]

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27. 27Juz 29 · page 578

    وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍۢ

    (27) And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"

28. 28Juz 29 · page 578

    وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ

    (28) And he [i.e., the dying one] is certain that it is the [time of] separation

29. 29Juz 29 · page 578

    وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ

    (29) And the leg is wound about the leg,[1807]

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30. 30Juz 29 · page 578

    إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ

    (30) To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.[1808]

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31. 31Juz 29 · page 578

    فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ

    (31) And he [i.e., the disbeliever] had not believed, nor had he prayed.

32. 32Juz 29 · page 578

    وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

    (32) But [instead], he denied and turned away.

33. 33Juz 29 · page 578

    ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ

    (33) And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].

34. 34Juz 29 · page 578

    أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ

    (34) Woe to you, and woe!

35. 35Juz 29 · page 578

    ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ

    (35) Then woe to you, and woe!

36. 36Juz 29 · page 578

    أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى

    (36) Does man think that he will be left neglected?[1809]

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37. 37Juz 29 · page 578

    أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةًۭ مِّن مَّنِىٍّۢ يُمْنَىٰ

    (37) Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

38. 38Juz 29 · page 578

    ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةًۭ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

    (38) Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allāh] created [his form] and proportioned [him]

39. 39Juz 29 · page 578

    فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ

    (39) And made of him two mates, the male and the female.

40. 40Juz 29 · page 578

    أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْۦِىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ

    (40) Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?