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Surah 75

Al-Qiyaama

The Resurrection

40 VersesMeccan RevelationMishary Rashid Alafasy
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Ayah 1

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ

English Translation

NAY! I call to witness the Day of Resurrection!

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Ayah 2

وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ

English Translation

But nay! I call to witness the accusing voice of man's own conscience!

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Ayah 3

أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ

English Translation

Does man think that We cannot [resurrect him and] bring his bones together again?

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Ayah 4

بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ

English Translation

Yea indeed, We are able to make whole his very finger-tips!

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Ayah 5

بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ

English Translation

None the less man chooses to deny what lies ahead of him,

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Ayah 6

يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ

English Translation

asking [derisively], "When is that Resurrection Day to be?"

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Ayah 7

فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ

English Translation

But [on that Day,] when the eyesight is by fear confounded,

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Ayah 8

وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ

English Translation

and the moon is darkened,

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Ayah 9

وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ

English Translation

and the sun and the moon are brought together

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Ayah 10

يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ

English Translation

on that Day will man exclaim "Whither to flee?"

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Ayah 11

كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ

English Translation

But nay: no refuge [for thee, O man]!

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Ayah 12

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ

English Translation

With thy Sustainer, on that Day, the journey's end will be!

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Ayah 13

يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ

English Translation

Man will be apprised, on that Day, of what he has done and what he has left undone:

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Ayah 14

بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌۭ

English Translation

nay, but man shall against himself be an eye-witness,

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Ayah 15

وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ

English Translation

even though he may veil himself in excuses.

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Ayah 16

لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ

English Translation

MOVE NOT thy tongue in haste, [repeating the words of the revelation:]

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Ayah 17

إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ

English Translation

for, behold, it is for Us to gather it [in thy heart,] and to cause it to be read [as it ought to be read].

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Ayah 18

فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ

English Translation

Thus, when We recite it, follow thou its wording [with all thy mind]:

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Ayah 19

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ

English Translation

and then, behold, it will be for Us to make its meaning clear.

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Ayah 20

كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ

English Translation

NAY, but [most of] you love this fleeting life,

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Ayah 21

وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ

English Translation

and give no thought to the life to come [and to Judgment Day]!

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Ayah 22

وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ نَّاضِرَةٌ

English Translation

Some faces will on that Day be bright with happiness,

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Ayah 23

إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌۭ

English Translation

looking up to their Sustainer;

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Ayah 24

وَوُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌۭ

English Translation

and some faces will on that Day be overcast with despair,

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Ayah 25

تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌۭ

English Translation

knowing that a crushing calamity is about to befall them.

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Ayah 26

كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ

English Translation

NAY, but when [the last breath] comes up to the throat [of a dying man],

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Ayah 27

وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍۢ

English Translation

and people ask, "Is there any wizard [that could save him]?"

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Ayah 28

وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ

English Translation

the while he [himself] knows that this is the parting,

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Ayah 29

وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ

English Translation

and is enwrapped in the pangs of death

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Ayah 30

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ

English Translation

at that time towards thy Sustainer does he feel impelled to turn!

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Ayah 31

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ

English Translation

[Useless, though, will be his repentance: for [as long as he was alive] he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray [for enlightenment],

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Ayah 32

وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

English Translation

but, on the contrary, he gave the lie to the truth and turned away [from it],

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Ayah 33

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ

English Translation

and then went arrogantly back to what he had come from.

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Ayah 34

أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ

English Translation

[And yet, O man, thine end comes hourly] nearer unto thee, and nearer –

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Ayah 35

ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ

English Translation

and ever nearer unto thee, and nearer!

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Ayah 36

أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى

English Translation

DOES MAN, then, think that he is to be left to himself to go about at will?

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Ayah 37

أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةًۭ مِّن مَّنِىٍّۢ يُمْنَىٰ

English Translation

Was he not once a [mere] drop of sperm that had been spilt,

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Ayah 38

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةًۭ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

English Translation

and thereafter became a germ-cell - whereupon He created and formed [it] in accordance with what [it] was meant to be,

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Ayah 39

فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ

English Translation

and fashioned out of it the two sexes, the male and the female?

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Ayah 40

أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْۦِىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ

English Translation

Is not He, then; able to bring the dead back to life?

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