بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
75:1
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ
I swear by the Day of Resurrection,
75:2
وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ
and I swear by the self-reproaching soul¹!
75:3
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ
Does man think that We cannot reassemble his bones?
75:4
بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ
In fact, We are able to restore even his very fingertips.
75:5
بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ
But man desires to persist in sin²,
75:6
يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ
and asks [mockingly], “When is the Day of Resurrection?”
75:7
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ
But when the sight is dazzled,
75:8
وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ
and the moon is darkened,
75:9
وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ
and the sun and the moon are brought together³,
75:10
يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ
on that Day man will say, “Where is the escape?”
75:11
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ
No indeed! There will be no refuge.
75:12
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ
On that Day all will end up before your Lord.
75:13
يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ
On that Day man will be informed of what he has sent forth⁴ and left behind⁵.
75:14
بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌ
In fact, man will be a witness against himself⁶,
75:15
وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ
despite the excuses he may put forward.
75:16
لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ
Do not move your tongue [O Prophet] in haste trying to memorize it.
75:17
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ
It is upon Us to make you memorize and recite it.
75:18
فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ
Then when We recite it [through Gabriel], follow its recitation attentively;
75:19
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ
then it is upon Us to explain its meanings.
75:20
كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ
No indeed! You [people] love this fleeting world,
75:21
وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ
and neglect the Hereafter.
75:22
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ
On that Day some faces will be bright,
75:23
إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ
looking at their Lord⁷.
75:24
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌ
And on that Day, some faces will be gloomy,
75:25
تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ
knowing that a crushing calamity will befall them.
75:26
كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ
Indeed, when the soul reaches the throat⁸,
75:27
وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍ
and it is said, “Is there any healer?”
75:28
وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ
And he realizes that it is time to depart,
75:29
وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ
when legs are brought together [in a shroud]⁹;
75:30
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ
on that Day, he will be driven to your Lord.
75:31
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ
He neither believed nor prayed;
75:32
وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
rather he denied and turned away,
75:33
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ
then he went to his people, elated with pride,
75:34
أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ
Woe to you, and woe!
75:35
ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ
Again, woe to you, and woe!
75:36
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى
Does man think that he will be left neglected¹⁰?
75:37
أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِىٍّ يُمْنَىٰ
Was he not once a drop of semen emitted,
75:38
ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
then he became a clinging clot¹¹, then He created him and perfected his form,
75:39
فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ
and made from him both genders, male and female?
75:40
أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْـِۧىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ
Is not He able to bring the dead back to life?