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Verse 1
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ
Transliteration
Laaa uqsimu bi yawmil qiyaamah
Translation
I swear by the Day of Resurrection,
Surah 75
The Resurrection
القيامة
Al-Qiyamah
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Verse 2
وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ
Transliteration
Wa laaa uqsimu bin nafsil lawwaamah
Translation
and I swear by the self-reproaching soul!
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Verse 3
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ
Transliteration
Ayahsabul insaanu al lan najm'a 'izaamah
Translation
Does man think that We cannot reassemble his bones?
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Verse 4
بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ
Transliteration
Balaa qaadireena 'alaaa an nusawwiya banaanah
Translation
In fact, We are able to restore even his very fingertips.
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Verse 5
بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ
Transliteration
Bal yureedul insaanu liyafjura amaamah
Translation
But man desires to persist in sin,
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Verse 6
يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ
Transliteration
Yas'alu ayyyaana yawmul qiyaamah
Translation
and asks [mockingly], “When is the Day of Resurrection?”
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Verse 7
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ
Transliteration
Fa izaa bariqal basar
Translation
But when the sight is dazzled,
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Verse 8
وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ
Transliteration
Wa khasafal qamar
Translation
and the moon is darkened,
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Verse 9
وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ
Transliteration
Wa jumi'ash shamsu wal qamar
Translation
and the sun and the moon are brought together,
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Verse 10
يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ
Transliteration
Yaqoolul insaanu yaw ma 'izin aynal mafarr
Translation
on that Day man will say, “Where is the escape?”
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Verse 11
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ
Transliteration
Kallaa laa wazar
Translation
No indeed! There will be no refuge.
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Verse 12
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ
Transliteration
Ilaa rabbika yawma 'izinil mustaqarr
Translation
On that Day all will end up before your Lord.
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Verse 13
يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ
Transliteration
Yunabba 'ul insaanu yawma 'izim bimaa qaddama wa akhkhar
Translation
On that Day man will be informed of what he has sent forth and left behind.
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Verse 14
بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌۭ
Transliteration
Balil insaanu 'alaa nafsihee baseerah
Translation
In fact, man will be a witness against himself,
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Verse 15
وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ
Transliteration
Wa law alqaa ma'aazeerah
Translation
despite the excuses he may put forward.
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Verse 16
لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ
Transliteration
Laa tuharrik bihee lisaa naka lita'jala bih
Translation
Do not move your tongue [O Prophet] in haste trying to memorize it.
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Verse 17
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ
Transliteration
Inna 'alainaa jam'ahoo wa qur aanah
Translation
It is upon Us to make you memorize and recite it.
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Verse 18
فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ
Transliteration
Fa izaa Qur'anahu fattabi' qur aanah
Translation
Then when We recite it [through Gabriel], follow its recitation attentively;
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Verse 19
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ
Transliteration
Summa inna 'alainaa bayaanah
Translation
then it is upon Us to explain its meanings.
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Verse 20
كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ
Transliteration
Kallaa bal tuhibboonal 'aajilah
Translation
No indeed! You [people] love this fleeting world,
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Verse 21
وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ
Transliteration
Wa tazaroonal Aakhirah
Translation
and neglect the Hereafter.
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Verse 22
وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ نَّاضِرَةٌ
Transliteration
Wujoohuny yawma 'izin naadirah
Translation
On that Day some faces will be bright,
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Verse 23
إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌۭ
Transliteration
Ilaa rabbihaa naazirah
Translation
looking at their Lord.
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Verse 24
وَوُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌۭ
Transliteration
Wa wujoohuny yawma 'izim baasirah
Translation
And on that Day, some faces will be gloomy,
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Verse 25
تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌۭ
Transliteration
Tazunnu any yuf'ala bihaa faaqirah
Translation
knowing that a crushing calamity will befall them.
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Verse 26
كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ
Transliteration
Kallaaa izaa balaghatit taraaqee
Translation
Indeed, when the soul reaches the throat,
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Verse 27
وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍۢ
Transliteration
Wa qeela man raaq
Translation
and it is said, “Is there any healer?”
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Verse 28
وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ
Transliteration
Wa zanna annahul firaaq
Translation
And he realizes that it is time to depart,
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Verse 29
وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ
Transliteration
Waltaffatis saaqu bissaaq
Translation
when legs are brought together [in a shroud];
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Verse 30
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ
Transliteration
Ilaa rabbika yawma'izinil masaaq
Translation
on that Day, he will be driven to your Lord.
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Verse 31
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ
Transliteration
Falaa saddaqa wa laa sallaa
Translation
He neither believed nor prayed;
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Verse 32
وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
Transliteration
Wa laakin kazzaba wa tawalla
Translation
rather he denied and turned away,
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Verse 33
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ
Transliteration
Summa zahaba ilaaa ahlihee yatamatta
Translation
then he went to his people, elated with pride,
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Verse 34
أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ
Transliteration
Awlaa laka fa awlaa
Translation
Woe to you, and woe!
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Verse 35
ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ
Transliteration
Summa awlaa laka fa awla
Translation
Again, woe to you, and woe!
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Verse 36
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى
Transliteration
Ayahsabul insaanu ai yutraka sudaa
Translation
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
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Verse 37
أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةًۭ مِّن مَّنِىٍّۢ يُمْنَىٰ
Transliteration
Alam yaku nutfatam mim maniyyiny yumnaa
Translation
Was he not once a drop of semen emitted,
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Verse 38
ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةًۭ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
Transliteration
Summa kaana 'alaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwaa
Translation
then he became a clinging clot, then He created him and perfected his form,
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Verse 39
فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ
Transliteration
Faja'ala minhuz zawjayniz zakara wal unsaa
Translation
and made from him both genders, male and female?
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Verse 40
أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْۦِىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ
Transliteration
Alaisa zaalika biqaadirin 'alaaa any yuhyiyal mawtaa
Translation
Is not He able to bring the dead back to life?