Surah Al-Qiyamah

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 75:1 ▶

   لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ﴿١﴾

   lā 'uqsimu biyawmi l-qiyāmah

   I swear by the Day of Resurrection

2. 75:2 ▶

   وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ ﴿٢﴾

   walā 'uqsimu bin-nafsi llawwāmah

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

   i.e., that of the believer, which blames him when he falls into sin or error.

3. 75:3 ▶

   أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ ﴿٣﴾

   ayaḥsabu l-insānu 'allan najmaʿa ʿiẓāmah

   Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

4. 75:4 ▶

   بَلَىٰ قَـٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ ﴿٤﴾

   balā qādirīna ʿalā 'an nusawwiya banānah

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

5. 75:5 ▶

   بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ ﴿٥﴾

   bal yurīdu l-insānu liyafjura 'amāmah

   But man desires to continue in sin.

   Literally, "to sin ahead of him." This refers to the disbeliever, who denies the Day of Account.

6. 75:6 ▶

   يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ﴿٦﴾

   yas'alu 'ayyāna yawmu l-qiyāmah

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

7. 75:7 ▶

   فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ ﴿٧﴾

   fa'idhā bariqa l-baṣar

   So when vision is dazzled

8. 75:8 ▶

   وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ ﴿٨﴾

   wakhasafa l-qamar

   And the moon darkens

9. 75:9 ▶

   وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ ﴿٩﴾

   wajumiʿa sh-shamsu wal-qamar

   And the sun and the moon are joined,

10. 75:10 ▶

    يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ ﴿١٠﴾

    yaqūlu l-insānu yawma'idhin 'ayna l-mafarr

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

11. 75:11 ▶

    كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ ﴿١١﴾

    kallā lā wazar

    No! There is no refuge.

12. 75:12 ▶

    إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ ﴿١٢﴾

    ilā rabbika yawma'idhini l-mustaqarr

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

13. 75:13 ▶

    يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ ﴿١٣﴾

    yunabba'u l-insānu yawma'idhim bimā qaddama wa'akhkhar

    Man will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.

    i.e., his deeds, which await him in the Hereafter.

    i.e., that which he did not do or which he delayed.

14. 75:14 ▶

    بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌ ﴿١٤﴾

    bali l-insānu ʿalā nafsihī baṣīrah

    Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,

    As described in 36:65 and 41:20-23.

15. 75:15 ▶

    وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ ﴿١٥﴾

    walaw 'alqā maʿādhīrah

    Even if he presents his excuses.

16. 75:16 ▶

    لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ ﴿١٦﴾

    lā tuḥarrik bihī lisānaka litaʿjala bih

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

17. 75:17 ▶

    إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ ﴿١٧﴾

    inna ʿalaynā jamʿahū waqur'ānah

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

18. 75:18 ▶

    فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَـٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ ﴿١٨﴾

    fa'idhā qara'nāhu fattabiʿ qur'ānah

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

19. 75:19 ▶

    ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ ﴿١٩﴾

    thumma 'inna ʿalaynā bayānah

    Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].

20. 75:20 ▶

    كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ ﴿٢٠﴾

    kallā bal tuḥibbūna l-ʿājilah

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

21. 75:21 ▶

    وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ ﴿٢١﴾

    watadharūna l-ākhirah

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

22. 75:22 ▶

    وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ ﴿٢٢﴾

    wujūhuy yawma'idhin nāḍirah

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

23. 75:23 ▶

    إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ ﴿٢٣﴾

    ilā rabbihā nāẓirah

    Looking at their Lord.

    The people of Paradise will actually see their Creator in the Hereafter.

24. 75:24 ▶

    وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌ ﴿٢٤﴾

    wawujūhuy yawma'idhim bāsirah

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

25. 75:25 ▶

    تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ ﴿٢٥﴾

    taẓunnu 'ay yufʿala bihā fāqirah

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

26. 75:26 ▶

    كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ ﴿٢٦﴾

    kallā 'idhā balaghati t-tarāqiy

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

    At the time it is about to leave the body when one is on the verge of death.

27. 75:27 ▶

    وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍ ﴿٢٧﴾

    waqīla man · rāq

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

28. 75:28 ▶

    وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ ﴿٢٨﴾

    waẓanna 'annahu l-firāq

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

29. 75:29 ▶

    وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ ﴿٢٩﴾

    waltaffati s-sāqu bis-sāq

    And the leg is wound about the leg,

    From the difficulties the person faces at death or his sudden awareness of the realities of both this world and the Hereafter. It may also refer to his shrouding after death.

30. 75:30 ▶

    إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ ﴿٣٠﴾

    ilā rabbika yawma'idhini l-masāq

    To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.

    Literally, "driving" or "herding" or "the place to which one is driven."

31. 75:31 ▶

    فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ ﴿٣١﴾

    falā ṣaddaqa walā ṣallā

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

32. 75:32 ▶

    وَلَـٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ﴿٣٢﴾

    walākin kadhdhaba watawallā

    But [instead], he denied and turned away.

33. 75:33 ▶

    ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ ﴿٣٣﴾

    thumma dhahaba 'ilā 'ahlihī yatamaṭṭā

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

34. 75:34 ▶

    أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ ﴿٣٤﴾

    awlā laka fa'awlā

    Woe to you, and woe!

35. 75:35 ▶

    ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ ﴿٣٥﴾

    thumma 'awlā laka fa'awlā

    Then woe to you, and woe!

36. 75:36 ▶

    أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى ﴿٣٦﴾

    ayaḥsabu l-insānu 'ay yutraka sudā

    Does man think that he will be left neglected?

    i.e., to no end, without responsibility, or without being returned to the Creator for judgement.

37. 75:37 ▶

    أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِىٍّ يُمْنَىٰ ﴿٣٧﴾

    alam yaku nuṭfatam mim maniyyiy yumnā

    Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

38. 75:38 ▶

    ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ﴿٣٨﴾

    thumma kāna ʿalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwā

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

39. 75:39 ▶

    فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ ﴿٣٩﴾

    fajaʿala minhu z-zawjayni dh-dhakara wal-unthā

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

40. 75:40 ▶

    أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَـٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْـِۧىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ ﴿٤٠﴾

    alaysa dhālika biqādirin ʿalā 'ay yuḥyiya l-mawtā

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

In the transliteration, “|”: the reciter stops; “·”: sakt, a brief cut without taking a breath.