بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ
Laaa uqsimu bi yawmil qiyaamah
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ
Wa laaa uqsimu bin nafsil lawwaamah
Nay! I swear by the self-accusing soul.
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ
Ayahsabul insaanu al lan najm'a 'izaamah
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ
Balaa qaadireena 'alaaa an nusawwiya banaanah
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ
Bal yureedul insaanu liyafjura amaamah
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ
Yas'alu ayyyaana yawmul qiyaamah
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ
Fa izaa bariqal basar
So when the sight becomes dazed,
وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ
We khasafal qamar
And the moon becomes dark,
وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ
Wa jumi'ash shamusu wal qamar
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ
Yaqoolul insaanu yaw ma 'izin aynal mafarr
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ
Kallaa laa wazar
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ
Ilaa rabbika yawma 'izinil mustaqarr
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ
Yunabba 'ul insaanu yawma 'izim bimaa qaddama wa akhkhar
Man shall on that day be informed of what he sent before and (what he) put off.
بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌۭ
Balil insaanu 'alaa nafsihee baseerah
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ
Wa law alqaa ma'aazeerah
Though he puts forth his excuses.
لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ
Laa tuharrik bihee lisaa naka lita'jala bih
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ
Inna 'alainaa jam'ahoo wa qur aanah
Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ
Fa izaa qaraanaahu fattabi' qur aanah
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ
Summa inna 'alainaa bayaanah
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ
Kallaa bal tuhibboonal 'aajilah
Nay! But you love the present life,
وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ
Wa tazaroonal Aakhirah
And neglect the hereafter.
وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ نَّاضِرَةٌ
Wujoohuny yawma 'izin naadirah
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌۭ
Ilaa rabbihaa naazirah
Looking to their Lord.
وَوُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌۭ
Wa wujoohuny yawma 'izim baasirah
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌۭ
Tazunnu any yuf'ala bihaa faaqirah
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ
Kallaaa izaa balaghatit taraaqee
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍۢ
Wa qeela man raaq
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ
Wa zanna annahul firaaq
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ
Waltaffatis saaqu bissaaq
And affliction is combined with affliction;
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ
Ilaa rabbika yawma'izinil masaaq
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ
Falaa saddaqa wa laa sallaa
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
Wa laakin kazzaba wa tawalla
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ
Summa zahaba ilaaa ahlihee yatamatta
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ
Awlaa laka fa awlaa
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ
Summa awlaa laka fa awla
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى
Ayahsabul insaanu anyytraka sudaa
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةًۭ مِّن مَّنِىٍّۢ يُمْنَىٰ
Alam yaku nutfatam mim maniyyiny yumnaa
Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةًۭ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
Summa kaana 'alaqata fakhalaq fasawwaa
Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.
فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ
Faja'ala minhuz zawjayniz zakara wal unsaa
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْۦِىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ
Alaisa zaalika biqaadirin 'alaaa any yuhyiyal mawtaa
Is not He able to give life to the dead?
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