Surah Al-Qiyamah

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1. 1

   لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ

   I swear by the Day of Resurrection

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2. 2

   وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ

   And I swear by the reproaching soul1 [to the certainty of resurrection].

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3. 3

   أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ

   Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

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4. 4

   بَلَىٰ قَـٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ

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

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5. 5

   بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ

   But man desires to continue in sin.1

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6. 6

   يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ

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

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7. 7

   فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ

   So when vision is dazzled

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8. 8

   وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ

   And the moon darkens

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9. 9

   وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ

   And the sun and the moon are joined,

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10. 10

    يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ

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

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11. 11

    كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ

    No! There is no refuge.

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12. 12

    إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ

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

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13. 13

    يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ

    Man will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead1 and kept back.2

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14. 14

    بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌ

    Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,1

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15. 15

    وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ

    Even if he presents his excuses.

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16. 16

    لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ

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

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17. 17

    إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ

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

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18. 18

    فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَـٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ

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

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19. 19

    ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ

    Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].

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20. 20

    كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ

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

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21. 21

    وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ

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

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22. 22

    وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ

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

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23. 23

    إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ

    Looking at their Lord.1

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24. 24

    وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌ

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

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25. 25

    تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ

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

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26. 26

    كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ

    No! When it [i.e., the soul] has reached the collar bones1

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27. 27

    وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍ

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

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28. 28

    وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ

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

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29. 29

    وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ

    And the leg is wound about the leg,1

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30. 30

    إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ

    To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.1

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31. 31

    فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ

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

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32. 32

    وَلَـٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

    But [instead], he denied and turned away.

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33. 33

    ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ

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

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34. 34

    أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ

    Woe to you, and woe!

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35. 35

    ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ

    Then woe to you, and woe!

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36. 36

    أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى

    Does man think that he will be left neglected?1

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37. 37

    أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِىٍّ يُمْنَىٰ

    Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

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38. 38

    ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

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

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39. 39

    فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ

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

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40. 40

    أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَـٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْـِۧىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ

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

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