بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ﴿1﴾
Ahmed Ali
I CALL TO WITNESS the Day of Resurrection,
Ahmed Raza Khan
I swear by the Day of Resurrection.
Arberry
No! I swear by the Day of Resurrection.
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وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ ﴿2﴾
Ahmed Ali
And I call the reprehensive soul to witness:
Ahmed Raza Khan
And by oath of the soul that reproaches itself.
Arberry
No! I swear by the reproachful soul.
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ ﴿3﴾
Ahmed Ali
Does man think We shall not put his bones together?
Ahmed Raza Khan
Does man assume that We will never assemble his bones?
Arberry
What, does man reckon We shall not gather his bones?
بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ ﴿4﴾
Ahmed Ali
Surely We are able to reform even his finger-tips.
Ahmed Raza Khan
Surely yes, why not? We can properly make all his phalanxes.
Arberry
Yes indeed; We are able to shape again his fingers.
بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ ﴿5﴾
Ahmed Ali
Yet man is sceptical of what is right before him.
Ahmed Raza Khan
In fact man wishes to commit evil in front of Him!
Arberry
Nay, but man desires to continue on as a libertine,
يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ﴿6﴾
Ahmed Ali
He asks: "When will the Day of Resurrection be?"
Ahmed Raza Khan
He asks, “When will be the Day of Resurrection?”
Arberry
asking, 'When shall be the Day of Resurrection?'
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ ﴿7﴾
Ahmed Ali
Yet when the eyes are dazzled,
Ahmed Raza Khan
So when the eyes will be blinded by light.
Arberry
But when the sight is dazed
وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ ﴿8﴾
Ahmed Ali
The moon eclipsed,
Ahmed Raza Khan
And the moon will be eclipsed.
Arberry
and the moon is eclipsed,
وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ ﴿9﴾
Ahmed Ali
And the sun and moon are conjoined,
Ahmed Raza Khan
And the sun and the moon will be united.
Arberry
and the sun and moon are brought together,
يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ ﴿10﴾
Ahmed Ali
That day man will say: "Where can I find escape?"
Ahmed Raza Khan
On that day man will cry out, “Where shall I flee?”
Arberry
upon that day man shall say, 'Whither to flee?'
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ ﴿11﴾
Ahmed Ali
Never so, for there will be no escape.
Ahmed Raza Khan
Never! There is no refuge!
Arberry
No indeed; not a refuge!
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ ﴿12﴾
Ahmed Ali
With your Lord alone will be the retreat on that day.
Ahmed Raza Khan
On that day, the station is only towards your Lord.
Arberry
Upon that day the recourse shall be to thy Lord.
يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ ﴿13﴾
Ahmed Ali
Then man will be told what he had sent ahead (of good) and what he had left behind.
Ahmed Raza Khan
On that day, man will be informed of all what he sent ahead and left behind.
Arberry
Upon that day man shall be told his former deeds and his latter;
بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌۭ ﴿14﴾
Ahmed Ali
In fact man is a witness against himself,
Ahmed Raza Khan
In fact, man himself is keeping an eye on his state of affairs!
Arberry
nay, man shall be a clear proof against himself,
وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ ﴿15﴾
Ahmed Ali
Whatever the excuses he may offer.
Ahmed Raza Khan
And even if he presents all the excuses he has, none will be listened to.
Arberry
even though he offer his excuses.
لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ ﴿16﴾
Ahmed Ali
Do not forestall (the revelation before its completion) by acting in haste.
Ahmed Raza Khan
O dear Prophet (Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him), do not cause your tongue to move along with the Qur’an in order to learn it faster.
Arberry
Move not thy tongue with it to hasten it;
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ ﴿17﴾
Ahmed Ali
Surely its collection and recitation are Our responsibility.
Ahmed Raza Khan
Indeed assembling the Qur’an and reading it are upon Us.
Arberry
Ours it is to gather it, and to recite it.
فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ ﴿18﴾
Ahmed Ali
So, as We recite it, follow its reading.
Ahmed Raza Khan
So when We have read it, you should thereupon follow what is read.
Arberry
So, when We recite it, follow thou its recitation.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ ﴿19﴾
Ahmed Ali
The exposition of its meaning surely rests on Us.
Ahmed Raza Khan
Then indeed, to explain its details to you is upon Us.
Arberry
Then Ours it is to explain it.
كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ ﴿20﴾
Ahmed Ali
But no. You love this transient life,
Ahmed Raza Khan
None except you, O disbelievers – you love what you have, the fleeting one.
Arberry
No indeed; but you love the hasty world,
وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ ﴿21﴾
Ahmed Ali
And neglect the Hereafter.
Ahmed Raza Khan
And you have forsaken the Hereafter.
Arberry
and leave be the Hereafter.
وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ نَّاضِرَةٌ ﴿22﴾
Ahmed Ali
How many faces will be refulgent on that Day,
Ahmed Raza Khan
On that day, some faces will shine with freshness.
Arberry
Upon that day faces shall be radiant,
إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌۭ ﴿23﴾
Ahmed Ali
Waiting for their Lord.
Ahmed Raza Khan
Looking toward their Lord.
Arberry
gazing upon their Lord;
وَوُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌۭ ﴿24﴾
Ahmed Ali
And how many faces on that Day will be woe-begone
Ahmed Raza Khan
And on that day some faces will be ghastly.
Arberry
and upon that day faces shall be scowling,
تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌۭ ﴿25﴾
Ahmed Ali
Fearing that a great disaster is going to befall them.
Ahmed Raza Khan
Knowing that they will be subjected to a torment that breaks the backs.
Arberry
thou mightest think the Calamity has been wreaked on them.
كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ ﴿26﴾
Ahmed Ali
Never so, for when life withdraws into the clavicula,
Ahmed Raza Khan
Yes indeed, when the soul will reach up to the throat.
Arberry
No indeed; when it reaches the clavicles
وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍۢ ﴿27﴾
Ahmed Ali
And it is asked: "Is there any reciter of charms and amulets?"
Ahmed Raza Khan
And they will say, “Is there any one – any magician?”
Arberry
and it is said, 'Who is an enchanter?'
وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ ﴿28﴾
Ahmed Ali
He will then realise it is the parting,
Ahmed Raza Khan
And he will realise that this is the parting.
Arberry
and he thinks that it is the parting
وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ ﴿29﴾
Ahmed Ali
And anguish will be heaped upon anguish:
Ahmed Raza Khan
And one shin will curl up with the other shin.
Arberry
and leg is intertwined with leg,
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ ﴿30﴾
Ahmed Ali
To your Lord then will be the driving.
Ahmed Raza Khan
On that day, the herding will be only towards your Lord.
Arberry
upon that day unto thy Lord shall be the driving.
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ ﴿31﴾
Ahmed Ali
For he neither believed nor prayed,
Ahmed Raza Khan
Neither did he believe it to be true, nor did he offer the prayer.
Arberry
For he confirmed it not, and did not pray,
وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ﴿32﴾
Ahmed Ali
But only disavowed and turned away;
Ahmed Raza Khan
But he denied and turned away.
Arberry
but he cried it lies, and he turned away,
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ ﴿33﴾
Ahmed Ali
Then he strutted back to his people.
Ahmed Raza Khan
Then he went back to his home in pride.
Arberry
then he went to his household arrogantly.
أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ ﴿34﴾
Ahmed Ali
Alas the woe for you, alas!
Ahmed Raza Khan
Your ruin has come close, still closer.
Arberry
Nearer to thee and nearer
ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ ﴿35﴾
Ahmed Ali
Alas, the woe for you!
Ahmed Raza Khan
Again your ruin has come close, still closer.
Arberry
then nearer to thee and nearer!
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى ﴿36﴾
Ahmed Ali
Does man think that he will be left alone to himself, free?
Ahmed Raza Khan
Does man assume that he will be let loose?
Arberry
What, does man reckon he shall be left to roam at will?
أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةًۭ مِّن مَّنِىٍّۢ يُمْنَىٰ ﴿37﴾
Ahmed Ali
Was he not an emitted drop of semen,
Ahmed Raza Khan
Was he not just a drop of the semen that is discharged?
Arberry
Was he not a sperm-drop spilled?
ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةًۭ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ﴿38﴾
Ahmed Ali
Then formed into an embryo? Then He fashioned, shaped and proportioned
Ahmed Raza Khan
He then became a clot – so Allah created him, then made him proper.
Arberry
Then he was a blood-clot, and He created and formed,
فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ ﴿39﴾
Ahmed Ali
And assigned it sexes, male and female.
Ahmed Raza Khan
So created from him a pair, the male and female.
Arberry
and He made of him two kinds, male and female.
أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْۦِىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ ﴿40﴾
Ahmed Ali
Cannot such as He bring the dead to life?
Ahmed Raza Khan
So will He, Who has done all this, not be able to revive the dead?
Arberry
What, is He not able to quicken the dead?