Resurrection

In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīm

I swear by the Day of Resurrection.

لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ

lā uq'simu biyawmi l-qiyāmat

And I swear by the blaming soul.

وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ

walā uq'simu bil-nafsi l-lawāmat

Does the human being think that we will not reconstruct his bones?

أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ

ayaḥsabu l-insānu allan najmaʿa ʿiẓāmah

Yes indeed; we are able to reconstruct his finger tip.

بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ

balā qādirīna ʿalā an nusawwiya banānah

But the human being tends to believe only what he sees in front of him.

بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ

bal yurīdu l-insānu liyafjura amāmah

He doubts the Day of Resurrection!

يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ

yasalu ayyāna yawmu l-qiyāmat

Once the vision is sharpened.

فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ

fa-idhā bariqa l-baṣar

And the moon is eclipsed.

وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ

wakhasafa l-qamar

And the sun and the moon crash into one another.

وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ

wajumiʿa l-shamsu wal-qamar

The human being will say on that day, "Where is the escape?"

يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ

yaqūlu l-insānu yawma-idhin ayna l-mafar

Absolutely, there is no escape.

كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ

kallā lā wazar

To your Lord, on that day, is the final destiny.

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ

ilā rabbika yawma-idhin l-mus'taqar

The human being will be informed, on that day, of everything he did to advance himself, and everything he did to regress himself.

يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ

yunabba-u l-insānu yawma-idhin bimā qaddama wa-akhar

The human being will be his own judge.

بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌ

bali l-insānu ʿalā nafsihi baṣīratu

No excuses will be accepted.

وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ

walaw alqā maʿādhīrah

Do not move your tongue to hasten it.

لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ

lā tuḥarrik bihi lisānaka litaʿjala bih

It is we who will collect it into Quran.

إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ

inna ʿalaynā jamʿahu waqur'ānah

Once we recite it, you shall follow such a Quran.

فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ

fa-idhā qaranāhu fa-ittabiʿ qur'ānah

Then it is we who will explain it.

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ

thumma inna ʿalaynā bayānah

Indeed, you love this fleeting life.

كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ

kallā bal tuḥibbūna l-ʿājilat

While disregarding the Hereafter.

وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ

watadharūna l-ākhirat

Some faces, on that day, will be happy.

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ

wujūhun yawma-idhin nāḍiratu

Looking at their Lord.

إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ

ilā rabbihā nāẓiratu

Other faces will be, on that day, miserable.

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌ

wawujūhun yawma-idhin bāsiratu

Expecting the worst.

تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ

taẓunnu an yuf'ʿala bihā fāqiratu

Indeed, when (the soul) reaches the throat.

كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ

kallā idhā balaghati l-tarāqiy

And it is ordered: "Let go!"

وَقِيلَ مَنْ رَاقٍ

waqīla man rāqi

He knows it is the end.

وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ

waẓanna annahu l-firāq

Each leg will lay motionless next to the other leg.

وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ

wal-tafati l-sāqu bil-sāq

To your Lord, on that day, is the summoning.

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ

ilā rabbika yawma-idhin l-masāq

For he observed neither the charity, nor the contact prayers (Salat).

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ

falā ṣaddaqa walā ṣall

But he disbelieved and turned away.

وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

walākin kadhaba watawall

With his family, he acted arrogantly.

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ

thumma dhahaba ilā ahlihi yatamaṭṭ

You have deserved this.

أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ

awlā laka fa-awl

Indeed, you have deserved this.

ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ

thumma awlā laka fa-awl

Does the human being think that he will go to nothing?

أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى

ayaḥsabu l-insānu an yut'raka suda

Was he not a drop of ejected semen?

أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِىٍّ يُمْنَىٰ

alam yaku nuṭ'fatan min maniyyin yum'n

Then He created an embryo out of it!

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

thumma kāna ʿalaqatan fakhalaqa fasaww

He made it into male or female!

فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ

fajaʿala min'hu l-zawjayni l-dhakara wal-unth

Is He then unable to revive the dead?

أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْۦِىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ

alaysa dhālika biqādirin ʿalā an yuḥ'yiya l-mawt