Al-Qiyamah

¹I swear by the Day of Resurrection

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

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

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

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

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

⁷So when vision is dazzled

⁸And the moon darkens

⁹And the sun and the moon are joined,

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

¹¹No! There is no refuge.

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

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

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

¹⁵Even if he presents his excuses.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

²³Looking at their Lord.[1805]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

³⁴Woe to you, and woe!

³⁵Then woe to you, and woe!

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

³⁷Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

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

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

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