Al-Qiyamah القيامة · Nabil ar-Rifai

لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ ۝١

I swear by the Day of Resurrection

وَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلنَّفۡسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ ۝٢

And I swear by the reproaching soul¹⁸⁰⁰ [to the certainty of resurrection].

أَيَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجۡمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ ۝٣

Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهُۥ ۝٤

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

بَلۡ يُرِيدُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفۡجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ ۝٥

But man desires to continue in sin.¹⁸⁰¹

يَسۡـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوۡمُ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ ۝٦

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

فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ ۝٧

So when vision is dazzled

وَخَسَفَ ٱلۡقَمَرُ ۝٨

And the moon darkens

وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ ۝٩

And the sun and the moon are joined,

يَقُولُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ يَوۡمَئِذٍ أَيۡنَ ٱلۡمَفَرُّ ۝١٠

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

كـَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ ۝١١

No! There is no refuge.

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقَرُّ ۝١٢

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

يُنَبَّؤُاْ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ ۝١٣

Man will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead¹⁸⁰² and kept back.¹⁸⁰³

بَلِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفۡسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٞ ۝١٤

Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,¹⁸⁰⁴

وَلَوۡ أَلۡقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ ۝١٥

Even if he presents his excuses.

لَا تُحَرِّكۡ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعۡجَلَ بِهِۦٓ ۝١٦

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

إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا جَمۡعَهُۥ وَقُرۡءَانَهُۥ ۝١٧

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

فَإِذَا قَرَأۡنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعۡ قُرۡءَانَهُۥ ۝١٨

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

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا بَيَانَهُۥ ۝١٩

Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].

كـَلَّا بَلۡ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡعَاجِلَةَ ۝٢٠

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

وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَ ۝٢١

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

وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ نَّاضِرَةٌ ۝٢٢

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

إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٞ ۝٢٣

Looking at their Lord.¹⁸⁰⁵

وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بَاسِرَةٞ ۝٢٤

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

تَظُنُّ أَن يُفۡعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٞ ۝٢٥

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

كـَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِيَ ۝٢٦

No! When it [i.e., the soul] has reached the collar bones¹⁸⁰⁶

وَقِيلَ مَنۡۜ رَاقٖ ۝٢٧

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

وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلۡفِرَاقُ ۝٢٨

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

وَٱلۡتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ ۝٢٩

And the leg is wound about the leg,¹⁸⁰⁷

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡمَسَاقُ ۝٣٠

To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.¹⁸⁰⁸

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ ۝٣١

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

وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ۝٣٢

But [instead], he denied and turned away.

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ ۝٣٣

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

أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰ ۝٣٤

Woe to you, and woe!

ثُمَّ أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰٓ ۝٣٥

Then woe to you, and woe!

أَيَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتۡرَكَ سُدًى ۝٣٦

Does man think that he will be left neglected?¹⁸⁰⁹

أَلَمۡ يَكُ نُطۡفَةٗ مِّن مَّنِيّٖ يُمۡنَىٰ ۝٣٧

Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةٗ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ۝٣٨

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

فَجَعَلَ مِنۡهُ ٱلزَّوۡجَيۡنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰٓ ۝٣٩

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

أَلَيۡسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحۡـِۧيَ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ ۝٤٠

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