75. Al-Qiyaama سُورَةُ القِيَامَةِ

Yusuf AliI do call to witness the Resurrection Day

Saheeh InternationalI swear by the Day of Resurrection

Yusuf AliAnd I do call to witness the self-reproaching spirit: (Eschew Evil)

Saheeh InternationalAnd I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection]

Yusuf AliDoes man think that We cannot assemble his bones

Saheeh InternationalDoes man think that We will not assemble his bones

Yusuf AliNay, We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers

Saheeh InternationalYes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips

Yusuf AliBut man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in front of him

Saheeh InternationalBut man desires to continue in sin

Yusuf AliHe questions: "When is the Day of Resurrection

Saheeh InternationalHe asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection

Yusuf AliAt length, when the sight is dazed

Saheeh InternationalSo when vision is dazzled

Yusuf AliAnd the moon is buried in darkness

Saheeh InternationalAnd the moon darkens

Yusuf AliAnd the sun and moon are joined together

Saheeh InternationalAnd the sun and the moon are joined

Yusuf AliThat Day will Man say: "Where is the refuge

Saheeh InternationalMan will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape

Yusuf AliBy no means! No place of safety

Saheeh InternationalNo! There is no refuge

Yusuf AliBefore thy Lord (alone), that Day will be the place of rest

Saheeh InternationalTo your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence

Yusuf AliThat Day will Man be told (all) that he put forward, and all that he put back

Saheeh InternationalMan will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back

Yusuf AliNay, man will be evidence against himself

Saheeh InternationalRather, man, against himself, will be a witness

Yusuf AliEven though he were to put up his excuses

Saheeh InternationalEven if he presents his excuses

Yusuf AliMove not thy tongue concerning the (Qur'an) to make haste therewith

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

Yusuf AliIt is for Us to collect it and to promulgate it

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

Yusuf AliBut when We have promulgated it, follow thou its recital (as promulgated)

Saheeh InternationalSo when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation

Yusuf AliNay more, it is for Us to explain it (and make it clear)

Saheeh InternationalThen upon Us is its clarification [to you]

Yusuf AliNay, (ye men!) but ye love the fleeting life

Saheeh InternationalNo! But you love the immediate

Yusuf AliAnd leave alone the Hereafter

Saheeh InternationalAnd leave the Hereafter

Yusuf AliSome faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness and beauty)

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

Yusuf AliLooking towards their Lord

Saheeh InternationalLooking at their Lord

Yusuf AliAnd some faces, that Day, will be sad and dismal

Saheeh InternationalAnd [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted

Yusuf AliIn the thought that some back-breaking calamity was about to be inflicted on them

Saheeh InternationalExpecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking

Yusuf AliYea, when (the soul) reaches to the collar-bone (in its exit)

Saheeh InternationalNo! When the soul has reached the collar bones

Yusuf AliAnd there will be a cry, "Who is a magician (to restore him)

Saheeh InternationalAnd it is said, "Who will cure [him]

Yusuf AliAnd he will conclude that it was (the Time) of Parting

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

Yusuf AliAnd one leg will be joined with another

Saheeh InternationalAnd the leg is wound about the leg

Yusuf AliThat Day the Drive will be (all) to thy Lord

Saheeh InternationalTo your Lord, that Day, will be the procession

Yusuf AliSo he gave nothing in charity, nor did he pray

Saheeh InternationalAnd the disbeliever had not believed, nor had he prayed

Yusuf AliBut on the contrary, he rejected Truth and turned away

Saheeh InternationalBut [instead], he denied and turned away

Yusuf AliThen did he stalk to his family in full conceit

Saheeh InternationalAnd then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride]

Yusuf AliWoe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe

Saheeh InternationalWoe to you, and woe

Yusuf AliAgain, Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe

Saheeh InternationalThen woe to you, and woe

Yusuf AliDoes man think that he will be left uncontrolled, (without purpose)

Saheeh InternationalDoes man think that he will be left neglected

Yusuf AliWas he not a drop of sperm emitted (in lowly form)

Saheeh InternationalHad he not been a sperm from semen emitted

Yusuf AliThen did he become a leech-like clot; then did (God) make and fashion (him) in due proportion

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

Yusuf AliAnd of him He made two sexes, male and female

Saheeh InternationalAnd made of him two mates, the male and the female

Yusuf AliHas not He, (the same), the power to give life to the dead

Saheeh InternationalIs not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead