English - Chapter 75 - Al-Qiyamah

I SWEAR by the Day of Resurrection

and by the self-reproaching soul

Does man think We shall never put his bones together again

Indeed, We can remould his very fingers

Yet man would ever deny what is to come

‘When will this be,‘ he asks, ‘this Day of Resurrection?‘

But when the sight of mortals is confounded

and the moon eclipsed

when sun and moon are joined together

on that day man will ask: ‘Whither shall I flee?‘

No, there shall be no refuge

for to your Lord, on that day, all shall be restored

Indeed, man shall on that day be told of all he did, from first to last

Indeed, man shall bear witness against himself

plead as he may with his excuses

You¹ need not move your tongue too fast to learn this revelation

We Ourself shall see to its collection and recital

When We read it, follow its words attentively

We shall Ourself explain its meaning

No! But you² love this fleeting life

and ignore the life to come

On that day there shall be joyous faces

looking towards their Lord

On that day there shall be mournful faces

dreading some great affliction

No! But when a man‘s soul is about to leave him

and those around him say: ‘Will no one save him?‘

When he knows it is the final parting

and leg and leg are twined ―

on that day to your Lord he shall be driven

For in this life he neither believed nor prayed

he denied the Truth and, turning his back

went to his kin elated with pride

Well have you deserved this doom; well have you deserved it

Well have you deserved this doom: too well have you deserved it

Does man think he will be left alone, to no purpose

Was he not a drop of ejaculated semen

He became a clot of blood;³ then God formed and moulded him

and gave him male and female parts

Has He no power, then, to raise the dead to life