لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ﴿١﴾
Lā uqsimu biyawmi al-qiyāmah
Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;
القيامة
75. Al-Qiyaama
The Resurrection · Meccan · 40 verses
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Bismi Allāhi ar-raḥmāni ar-raḥīm
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ ﴿٢﴾
Walā uqsimu bin-nafsi allawwāmah
Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ ﴿٣﴾
Ayaḥsabu al-insānu allan najmaʿa ʿiẓāmah
Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones?
بَلَىٰ قَـٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ ﴿٤﴾
Balā qādirīna ʿalā an nusawwiya banānah
Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!
بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ ﴿٥﴾
Bal yurīdu al-insānu liyafjura amāmah
But man would fain deny what is before him.
يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ﴿٦﴾
Yasʾalu ayyāna yawmu al-qiyāmah
He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection?
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ ﴿٧﴾
Faʾidhā bariqa al-baṣar
But when sight is confounded
وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ ﴿٨﴾
Wakhasafa al-qamar
And the moon is eclipsed
وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ ﴿٩﴾
Wajumiʿa ash-shamsu wal-qamar
And sun and moon are united,
يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ ﴿١٠﴾
Yaqūlu al-insānu yawmaʾidhin ayna al-mafarr
On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ ﴿١١﴾
Kallā lā wazar
Alas! No refuge!
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ ﴿١٢﴾
Ilā rabbika yawmaʾidhin al-mustaqarr
Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.
يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ ﴿١٣﴾
Yunabbaʾu al-insānu yawmaʾidhin bimā qaddama waʾakhkhar
On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.
بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌ ﴿١٤﴾
Bali al-insānu ʿalā nafsihi baṣīrah
Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ ﴿١٥﴾
Walaw alqā maʿādhīrah
Although he tender his excuses.
لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ ﴿١٦﴾
Lā tuḥarrik bihi lisānaka litaʿjala bih
Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ ﴿١٧﴾
Inna ʿalaynā jamʿahu waqurʾānah
Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.
فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَـٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ ﴿١٨﴾
Faʾidhā qaraʾnāhu fāttabiʿ qurʾānah
And when We read it, follow thou the reading;
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ ﴿١٩﴾
Thumma inna ʿalaynā bayānah
Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.
كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ ﴿٢٠﴾
Kallā bal tuḥibbūna al-ʿājilah
Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ ﴿٢١﴾
Watadharūna al-ākhirah
And neglect the Hereafter.
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ ﴿٢٢﴾
Wujūhun yawmaʾidhin nāḍirah
That day will faces be resplendent,
إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ ﴿٢٣﴾
Ilā rabbihā nāẓirah
Looking toward their Lord;
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌ ﴿٢٤﴾
Wawujūhun yawmaʾidhin bāsirah
And that day will other faces be despondent,
تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ ﴿٢٥﴾
Taẓunnu an yufʿala bihā fāqirah
Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.
كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ ﴿٢٦﴾
Kallā idhā balaghati at-tarāqiy
Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍ ﴿٢٧﴾
Waqīla man rāq
And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now)?
وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ ﴿٢٨﴾
Waẓanna annahu al-firāq
And he knoweth that it is the parting;
وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ ﴿٢٩﴾
Wal-taffati as-sāqu bis-sāq
And agony is heaped on agony;
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ ﴿٣٠﴾
Ilā rabbika yawmaʾidhin al-masāq
Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ ﴿٣١﴾
Falā ṣaddaqa walā ṣallā
For he neither trusted, nor prayed.
وَلَـٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ﴿٣٢﴾
Walākin kadhdhaba watawallā
But he denied and flouted.
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ ﴿٣٣﴾
Thumma dhahaba ilā ahlihi yatamaṭṭā
Then went he to his folk with glee.
أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ ﴿٣٤﴾
Alā laka faʾalā
Nearer unto thee and nearer,
ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ ﴿٣٥﴾
Thumma alā laka faʾalā
Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى ﴿٣٦﴾
Ayaḥsabu al-insānu an yutraka sudā
Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless?
أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِىٍّ يُمْنَىٰ ﴿٣٧﴾
Alam yaku nuṭfatan min maniyyin yumnā
Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth?
ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ﴿٣٨﴾
Thumma kāna ʿalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwā
Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned
فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ ﴿٣٩﴾
Fajaʿala minhu az-zawjayni adh-dhakara wal-unthā
And made of him a pair, the male and female.
أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَـٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْـِۧىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ ﴿٤٠﴾
Alaysa dhālika biqādirin ʿalā an yuḥyiya al-mawtā
Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life?
Arabic: the Uthmani text of the Tanzil Project, used unchanged under CC BY 3.0. Quran text © Tanzil Project - check tanzil.net/updates for changes.
Transliteration: made by Anoor from the Tanzil text, each word as it is said on its own - in recitation the words run together.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain.
Plain English: written by Anoor from Tafsir al-Jalalayn (al-Mahalli and al-Suyuti), one of the most widely read classical commentaries. It is a simple explanation, not a scholarly commentary - for a ruling or a deeper reading, ask a scholar. Something wrong? Tell us.