English - Chapter 75 - Al-Qiyamah

Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection

Does man imagine that We will not be able to bring his bones together again

Yes indeed; We have the power to remould even his finger-tips

But man desires to persist in his evil ways

He asks: "When will the Day of Resurrection be

When the sight is dazed

and the moon is eclipsed

and the sun and the moon are joined together

on that Day will man say: "Whither the refuge

No, there is no refuge

With your Lord alone will be the retreat that Day

On that Day will man be apprised of his deeds, both the earlier and the later

But lo, man is well aware of himself

even though he might make up excuses

(O Prophet), do not stir your tongue hastily (to commit the Revelation to memory)

Surely it is for Us to have you commit it to memory and to recite it

And so when We recite it, follow its recitation attentively

then it will be for Us to explain it

Nay; the truth is that you love ardently (the good of this world) that can be obtained hastily

and are oblivious of the Hereafter

Some faces on that Day will be fresh and resplendent

and will be looking towards their Lord

and some faces on that Day will be gloomy

believing that a crushing calamity is about to strike them

Nay; when a man´s soul reaches up to the throat

and it is said: "Is there any enchanter who can step forward and help (by his chanting)

and he realises that the hour of parting is come

and calf is inter-twined with calf

On that Day you will be driven to your Lord

But he did not verify the Truth, nor did he observe Prayer

on the contrary, he gave the lie to the Truth and turned his back upon it

then he went back to his kinsfolk, elated with pride

This (attitude) is worthy of you, altogether worthy

again, it is worthy of you, altogether worthy

Does man think that he will be left alone, unquestioned

Was he not a drop of ejaculated semen

then he became a clot, and then Allah made it into a living body and proportioned its parts

and then He made of him a pair, male and female

Does He, then, not have the power to bring back the dead to life