Surah Al-Qiyaama

لَآأُقْسِمُبِيَوْمِٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ

NAY! I call to witness the Day of Resurrection!

وَلَآأُقْسِمُبِٱلنَّفْسِٱللَّوَّامَةِ

But nay! I call to witness the accusing voice of man's own conscience!

أَيَحْسَبُٱلْإِنسَٰنُأَلَّننَّجْمَعَعِظَامَهُۥ

Does man think that We cannot [resurrect him and] bring his bones together again?

بَلَىٰقَٰدِرِينَعَلَىٰٓأَننُّسَوِّىَبَنَانَهُۥ

Yea indeed, We are able to make whole his very finger-tips!

بَلْيُرِيدُٱلْإِنسَٰنُلِيَفْجُرَأَمَامَهُۥ

None the less man chooses to deny what lies ahead of him,

يَسْـَٔلُأَيَّانَيَوْمُٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ

asking [derisively], "When is that Resurrection Day to be?"

فَإِذَابَرِقَٱلْبَصَرُ

But [on that Day,] when the eyesight is by fear confounded,

وَخَسَفَٱلْقَمَرُ

and the moon is darkened,

وَجُمِعَٱلشَّمْسُوَٱلْقَمَرُ

and the sun and the moon are brought together

يَقُولُٱلْإِنسَٰنُيَوْمَئِذٍأَيْنَٱلْمَفَرُّ

on that Day will man exclaim "Whither to flee?"

كَلَّالَاوَزَرَ

But nay: no refuge [for thee, O man]!

إِلَىٰرَبِّكَيَوْمَئِذٍٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ

With thy Sustainer, on that Day, the journey's end will be!

يُنَبَّؤُا۟ٱلْإِنسَٰنُيَوْمَئِذٍۭبِمَاقَدَّمَوَأَخَّرَ

Man will be apprised, on that Day, of what he has done and what he has left undone:

بَلِٱلْإِنسَٰنُعَلَىٰنَفْسِهِۦبَصِيرَةٌۭ

nay, but man shall against himself be an eye-witness,

وَلَوْأَلْقَىٰمَعَاذِيرَهُۥ

even though he may veil himself in excuses.

لَاتُحَرِّكْبِهِۦلِسَانَكَلِتَعْجَلَبِهِۦٓ

MOVE NOT thy tongue in haste, [repeating the words of the revelation:]

إِنَّعَلَيْنَاجَمْعَهُۥوَقُرْءَانَهُۥ

for, behold, it is for Us to gather it [in thy heart,] and to cause it to be read [as it ought to be read].

فَإِذَاقَرَأْنَٰهُفَٱتَّبِعْقُرْءَانَهُۥ

Thus, when We recite it, follow thou its wording [with all thy mind]:

ثُمَّإِنَّعَلَيْنَابَيَانَهُۥ

and then, behold, it will be for Us to make its meaning clear.

كَلَّابَلْتُحِبُّونَٱلْعَاجِلَةَ

NAY, but [most of] you love this fleeting life,