بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ﴿1﴾
Maududi
Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;
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وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ ﴿2﴾
Maududi
and nay, I swear by the self-reproaching soul!
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ ﴿3﴾
Maududi
Does man imagine that We will not be able to bring his bones together again?
بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ ﴿4﴾
Maududi
Yes indeed; We have the power to remould even his finger-tips.
بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ ﴿5﴾
Maududi
But man desires to persist in his evil ways.
يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ﴿6﴾
Maududi
He asks: “When will the Day of Resurrection be?”
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ ﴿7﴾
Maududi
When the sight is dazed,
وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ ﴿8﴾
Maududi
and the moon is eclipsed,
وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ ﴿9﴾
Maududi
and the sun and the moon are joined together,
يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ ﴿10﴾
Maududi
on that Day will man say: “Whither the refuge?”
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ ﴿11﴾
Maududi
No, there is no refuge.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ ﴿12﴾
Maududi
With your Lord alone will be the retreat that Day.
يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ ﴿13﴾
Maududi
On that Day will man be apprised of his deeds, both the earlier and the later.
بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌۭ ﴿14﴾
Maududi
But lo, man is well aware of himself,
وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ ﴿15﴾
Maududi
even though he might make up excuses.
لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ ﴿16﴾
Maududi
(O Prophet), do not stir your tongue hastily (to commit the Revelation to memory).
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ ﴿17﴾
Maududi
Surely it is for Us to have you commit it to memory and to recite it.
فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ ﴿18﴾
Maududi
And so when We recite it, follow its recitation attentively;
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ ﴿19﴾
Maududi
then it will be for Us to explain it.
كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ ﴿20﴾
Maududi
Nay; the truth is that you love ardently (the good of this world) that can be obtained hastily,
وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ ﴿21﴾
Maududi
and are oblivious of the Hereafter.
وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ نَّاضِرَةٌ ﴿22﴾
Maududi
Some faces on that Day will be fresh and resplendent,
إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌۭ ﴿23﴾
Maududi
and will be looking towards their Lord;
وَوُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌۭ ﴿24﴾
Maududi
and some faces on that Day will be gloomy,
تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌۭ ﴿25﴾
Maududi
believing that a crushing calamity is about to strike them.
كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ ﴿26﴾
Maududi
Nay; when a man's soul reaches up to the throat,
وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍۢ ﴿27﴾
Maududi
and it is said: “Is there any enchanter who can step forward and help (by his chanting)?”
وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ ﴿28﴾
Maududi
and he realises that the hour of parting is come,
وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ ﴿29﴾
Maududi
and calf is inter-twined with calf.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ ﴿30﴾
Maududi
On that Day you will be driven to your Lord.
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ ﴿31﴾
Maududi
But he did not verify the Truth, nor did he observe Prayer;
وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ﴿32﴾
Maududi
on the contrary, he gave the lie to the Truth and turned his back upon it,
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ ﴿33﴾
Maududi
then he went back to his kinsfolk, elated with pride.
أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ ﴿34﴾
Maududi
This (attitude) is worthy of you, altogether worthy;
ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ ﴿35﴾
Maududi
again, it is worthy of you, altogether worthy.
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى ﴿36﴾
Maududi
Does man think that he will be left alone, unquestioned?
أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةًۭ مِّن مَّنِىٍّۢ يُمْنَىٰ ﴿37﴾
Maududi
Was he not a drop of ejaculated semen,
ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةًۭ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ﴿38﴾
Maududi
then he became a clot, and then Allah made it into a living body and proportioned its parts,
فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ ﴿39﴾
Maududi
and then He made of him a pair, male and female?
أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْۦِىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ ﴿40﴾
Maududi
Does He, then, not have the power to bring back the dead to life?