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English - Chapter 75 - Al-Qiyamah

Translation by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Permalink

Verse 1 — Surah Al-Qiyamah 75:1

Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection

Verse 2 — Surah Al-Qiyamah 75:2

Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true)

Verse 3 — Surah Al-Qiyamah 75:3

Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones

Verse 4 — Surah Al-Qiyamah 75:4

Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers

Verse 5 — Surah Al-Qiyamah 75:5

But man would fain deny what is before him

Verse 6 — Surah Al-Qiyamah 75:6

He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection

Verse 7 — Surah Al-Qiyamah 75:7

But when sight is confounded

Verse 8 — Surah Al-Qiyamah 75:8

And the moon is eclipsed

Verse 9 — Surah Al-Qiyamah 75:9

And sun and moon are united

Verse 10 — Surah Al-Qiyamah 75:10

On that day man will cry: Whither to flee

Verse 11 — Surah Al-Qiyamah 75:11

Verse 12 — Surah Al-Qiyamah 75:12

Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day

Verse 13 — Surah Al-Qiyamah 75:13

On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind

Verse 14 — Surah Al-Qiyamah 75:14

Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself

Verse 15 — Surah Al-Qiyamah 75:15

Although he tender his excuses

Verse 16 — Surah Al-Qiyamah 75:16

Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it

Verse 17 — Surah Al-Qiyamah 75:17

Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof

Verse 18 — Surah Al-Qiyamah 75:18

And when We read it, follow thou the reading

Verse 19 — Surah Al-Qiyamah 75:19

Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof

Verse 20 — Surah Al-Qiyamah 75:20

Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now

Verse 21 — Surah Al-Qiyamah 75:21

And neglect the Hereafter

Verse 22 — Surah Al-Qiyamah 75:22

That day will faces be resplendent

Verse 23 — Surah Al-Qiyamah 75:23

Looking toward their Lord

Verse 24 — Surah Al-Qiyamah 75:24

And that day will other faces be despondent

Verse 25 — Surah Al-Qiyamah 75:25

Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them

Verse 26 — Surah Al-Qiyamah 75:26

Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat

Verse 27 — Surah Al-Qiyamah 75:27

And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now)

Verse 28 — Surah Al-Qiyamah 75:28

And he knoweth that it is the parting

Verse 29 — Surah Al-Qiyamah 75:29

And agony is heaped on agony

Verse 30 — Surah Al-Qiyamah 75:30

Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving

Verse 31 — Surah Al-Qiyamah 75:31

For he neither trusted, nor prayed

Verse 32 — Surah Al-Qiyamah 75:32

But he denied and flouted

Verse 33 — Surah Al-Qiyamah 75:33

Then went he to his folk with glee

Verse 34 — Surah Al-Qiyamah 75:34

Nearer unto thee and nearer

Verse 35 — Surah Al-Qiyamah 75:35

Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom)

Verse 36 — Surah Al-Qiyamah 75:36

Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless

Verse 37 — Surah Al-Qiyamah 75:37

Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth

Verse 38 — Surah Al-Qiyamah 75:38

Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned

Verse 39 — Surah Al-Qiyamah 75:39

And made of him a pair, the male and female

Verse 40 — Surah Al-Qiyamah 75:40

Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life