Transliteration

Laaa uqsimu bi yawmil qiyaamah

Translation

I do swear by the Day of Judgment!

Transliteration

Wa laaa uqsimu bin nafsil lawwaamah

Translation

And I do swear by the self-reproaching soul!

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Ayahsabul insaanu al lan najm'a 'izaamah

Translation

Do people think We cannot reassemble their bones?

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Balaa qaadireena 'alaaa an nusawwiya banaanah

Translation

Yes ˹indeed˺! We are ˹most˺ capable of restoring ˹even˺ their very fingertips.

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Bal yureedul insaanu liyafjura amaamah

Translation

Still people want to deny what is yet to come,

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Yas'alu ayyyaana yawmul qiyaamah

Translation

asking ˹mockingly˺, “When is this Day of Judgment?”

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Fa izaa bariqal basar

Translation

But when the sight is stunned,

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Wa khasafal qamar

Translation

and the moon is dimmed,

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Wa jumi'ash shamsu wal qamar

Translation

and the sun and the moon are brought together,

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Yaqoolul insaanu yaw ma 'izin aynal mafarr

Translation

on that Day one will cry, “Where is the escape?”

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Kallaa laa wazar

Translation

But no! There will be no refuge.

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Ilaa rabbika yawma 'izinil mustaqarr

Translation

On that Day all will end up before your Lord.

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Yunabba 'ul insaanu yawma 'izim bimaa qaddama wa akhkhar

Translation

All will then be informed of what they have sent forth and left behind.

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Balil insaanu 'alaa nafsihee baseerah

Translation

In fact, people will testify against their own souls,

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Wa law alqaa ma'aazeerah

Translation

despite the excuses they come up with.

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Laa tuharrik bihee lisaa naka lita'jala bih

Translation

Do not rush your tongue trying to memorize ˹a revelation of˺ the Quran.

Transliteration

Inna 'alainaa jam'ahoo wa qur aanah

Translation

It is certainly upon Us to ˹make you˺ memorize and recite it.

Transliteration

Fa izaa Qur'anahu fattabi' qur aanah

Translation

So once We have recited a revelation ˹through Gabriel˺, follow its recitation ˹closely˺.

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Summa inna 'alainaa bayaanah

Translation

Then it is surely upon Us to make it clear ˹to you˺.

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Kallaa bal tuhibboonal 'aajilah

Translation

But no! In fact, you love this fleeting world,

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Wa tazaroonal Aakhirah

Translation

and neglect the Hereafter.

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Wujoohuny yawma 'izin naadirah

Translation

On that Day ˹some˺ faces will be bright,

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Ilaa rabbihaa naazirah

Translation

looking at their Lord.

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Wa wujoohuny yawma 'izim baasirah

Translation

And ˹other˺ faces will be gloomy,

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Tazunnu any yuf'ala bihaa faaqirah

Translation

anticipating something devastating to befall them.

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Kallaaa izaa balaghatit taraaqee

Translation

But no! ˹Beware of the day˺ when the soul reaches the collar bone ˹as it leaves˺,

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Wa qeela man raaq

Translation

and it will be said, “Is there any healer ˹who can save this life˺?”

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Wa zanna annahul firaaq

Translation

And the dying person realizes it is ˹their˺ time to depart,

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Waltaffatis saaqu bissaaq

Translation

and ˹then˺ their feet are tied together ˹in a shroud˺.

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Ilaa rabbika yawma'izinil masaaq

Translation

On that day they will be driven to your Lord ˹alone˺.

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Falaa saddaqa wa laa sallaa

Translation

This denier neither believed nor prayed,

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Wa laakin kazzaba wa tawalla

Translation

but persisted in denial and turned away,

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Summa zahaba ilaaa ahlihee yatamatta

Translation

then went to their own people, walking boastfully.

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Awlaa laka fa awlaa

Translation

Woe to you, and more woe!

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Summa awlaa laka fa awla

Translation

Again, woe to you, and even more woe!

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Ayahsabul insaanu ai yutraka sudaa

Translation

Do people think they will be left without purpose?

Transliteration

Alam yaku nutfatam mim maniyyiny yumnaa

Translation

Were they not ˹once˺ a sperm-drop emitted?

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Summa kaana 'alaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwaa

Translation

Then they became a clinging clot ˹of blood˺, then He developed and perfected their form,

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Faja'ala minhuz zawjayniz zakara wal unsaa

Translation

producing from it both sexes, male and female.

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Alaisa zaalika biqaadirin 'alaaa any yuhyiyal mawtaa

Translation

Is such ˹a Creator˺ unable to bring the dead back to life?