Al-Qiyaama

    The Resurrection • 40 verses

    بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

    In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

    1

    بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ

    I swear by the Day of Resurrection

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    2

    وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ

    And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].

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    3

    أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ

    Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

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    4

    بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ

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

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    5

    بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ

    But man desires to continue in sin.

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    6

    يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ

    He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"

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    7

    فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ

    So when vision is dazzled

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    8

    وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ

    And the moon darkens

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    9

    وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ

    And the sun and the moon are joined,

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    10

    يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ

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

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    11

    كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ

    No! There is no refuge.

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    12

    إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ

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

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    13

    يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ

    Man will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.

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    14

    بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌۭ

    Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,

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    15

    وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ

    Even if he presents his excuses.

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    16

    لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ

    Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.

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    17

    إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ

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

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    18

    فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ

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

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    19

    ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ

    Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].

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    20

    كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ

    No! But you love the immediate

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    21

    وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ

    And leave the Hereafter.

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    22

    وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ نَّاضِرَةٌ

    [Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,

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    23

    إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌۭ

    Looking at their Lord.

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    24

    وَوُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌۭ

    And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,

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    25

    تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌۭ

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

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    26

    كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ

    No! When the soul has reached the collar bones

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    27

    وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍۢ

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

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    28

    وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ

    And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation

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    29

    وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ

    And the leg is wound about the leg,

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    30

    إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ

    To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.

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    31

    فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ

    And the disbeliever had not believed, nor had he prayed.

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    32

    وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

    But [instead], he denied and turned away.

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    33

    ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ

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

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    34

    أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ

    Woe to you, and woe!

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    35

    ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ

    Then woe to you, and woe!

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    36

    أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى

    Does man think that he will be left neglected?

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    37

    أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةًۭ مِّن مَّنِىٍّۢ يُمْنَىٰ

    Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

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    38

    ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةًۭ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

    Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]

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    39

    فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ

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

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    40

    أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْۦِىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ

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

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