75. Al-Qiyaama سُورَةُ القِيَامَةِ
Saheeh InternationalI swear by the Day of Resurrection
Yusuf AliI do call to witness the Resurrection Day
Saheeh InternationalAnd I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection]
Yusuf AliAnd I do call to witness the self-reproaching spirit: (Eschew Evil)
Saheeh InternationalDoes man think that We will not assemble his bones
Yusuf AliDoes man think that We cannot assemble his bones
Saheeh InternationalYes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips
Yusuf AliNay, We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers
Saheeh InternationalBut man desires to continue in sin
Yusuf AliBut man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in front of him
Saheeh InternationalHe asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection
Yusuf AliHe questions: "When is the Day of Resurrection
Saheeh InternationalSo when vision is dazzled
Yusuf AliAt length, when the sight is dazed
Saheeh InternationalAnd the moon darkens
Yusuf AliAnd the moon is buried in darkness
Saheeh InternationalAnd the sun and the moon are joined
Yusuf AliAnd the sun and moon are joined together
Saheeh InternationalMan will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape
Yusuf AliThat Day will Man say: "Where is the refuge
Saheeh InternationalNo! There is no refuge
Yusuf AliBy no means! No place of safety
Saheeh InternationalTo your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence
Yusuf AliBefore thy Lord (alone), that Day will be the place of rest
Saheeh InternationalMan will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back
Yusuf AliThat Day will Man be told (all) that he put forward, and all that he put back
Saheeh InternationalRather, man, against himself, will be a witness
Yusuf AliNay, man will be evidence against himself
Saheeh InternationalEven if he presents his excuses
Yusuf AliEven though he were to put up his excuses
Saheeh InternationalMove not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an
Yusuf AliMove not thy tongue concerning the (Qur'an) to make haste therewith
Saheeh InternationalIndeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation
Yusuf AliIt is for Us to collect it and to promulgate it
Saheeh InternationalSo when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation
Yusuf AliBut when We have promulgated it, follow thou its recital (as promulgated)
Saheeh InternationalThen upon Us is its clarification [to you]
Yusuf AliNay more, it is for Us to explain it (and make it clear)
Saheeh InternationalNo! But you love the immediate
Yusuf AliNay, (ye men!) but ye love the fleeting life
Saheeh InternationalAnd leave the Hereafter
Yusuf AliAnd leave alone the Hereafter
Saheeh International[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant
Yusuf AliSome faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness and beauty)
Saheeh InternationalLooking at their Lord
Yusuf AliLooking towards their Lord
Saheeh InternationalAnd [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted
Yusuf AliAnd some faces, that Day, will be sad and dismal
Saheeh InternationalExpecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking
Yusuf AliIn the thought that some back-breaking calamity was about to be inflicted on them
Saheeh InternationalNo! When the soul has reached the collar bones
Yusuf AliYea, when (the soul) reaches to the collar-bone (in its exit)
Saheeh InternationalAnd it is said, "Who will cure [him]
Yusuf AliAnd there will be a cry, "Who is a magician (to restore him)
Saheeh InternationalAnd the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
Yusuf AliAnd he will conclude that it was (the Time) of Parting
Saheeh InternationalAnd the leg is wound about the leg
Yusuf AliAnd one leg will be joined with another
Saheeh InternationalTo your Lord, that Day, will be the procession
Yusuf AliThat Day the Drive will be (all) to thy Lord
Saheeh InternationalAnd the disbeliever had not believed, nor had he prayed
Yusuf AliSo he gave nothing in charity, nor did he pray
Saheeh InternationalBut [instead], he denied and turned away
Yusuf AliBut on the contrary, he rejected Truth and turned away
Saheeh InternationalAnd then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride]
Yusuf AliThen did he stalk to his family in full conceit
Saheeh InternationalWoe to you, and woe
Yusuf AliWoe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe
Saheeh InternationalThen woe to you, and woe
Yusuf AliAgain, Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe
Saheeh InternationalDoes man think that he will be left neglected
Yusuf AliDoes man think that he will be left uncontrolled, (without purpose)
Saheeh InternationalHad he not been a sperm from semen emitted
Yusuf AliWas he not a drop of sperm emitted (in lowly form)
Saheeh InternationalThen he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
Yusuf AliThen did he become a leech-like clot; then did (God) make and fashion (him) in due proportion
Saheeh InternationalAnd made of him two mates, the male and the female
Yusuf AliAnd of him He made two sexes, male and female
Saheeh InternationalIs not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead
Yusuf AliHas not He, (the same), the power to give life to the dead