Chapter 75 of the Quran

Surah Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection)

القيامة

Surah Al-Qiyamah is the 75th chapter of the Holy Quran. It contains 40 ayahs and was revealed in Makkah.

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1. Ayah 1

   لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ

   I swear by the Day of Resurrection

2. Ayah 2

   وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ

   And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].

3. Ayah 3

   أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ

   Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

4. Ayah 4

   بَلَىٰ قَـٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ

   Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.

5. Ayah 5

   بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ

   But man desires to continue in sin.

6. Ayah 6

   يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ

   He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"

7. Ayah 7

   فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ

   So when vision is dazzled.

8. Ayah 8

   وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ

   And the moon darkens.

9. Ayah 9

   وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ

   And the sun and the moon are joined,

10. Ayah 10

    يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ

    Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"

11. Ayah 11

    كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ

    No! There is no refuge.

12. Ayah 12

    إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ

    To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.

13. Ayah 13

    يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ

    Man will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.

14. Ayah 14

    بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌ

    Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,

15. Ayah 15

    وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ

    Even if he presents his excuses.

16. Ayah 16

    لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ

    Move not your tongue with it, [O Muḥammad], to hasten with it [i.e., recitation of the Qur’ān].

17. Ayah 17

    إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ

    Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.

18. Ayah 18

    فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَـٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ

    So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.

19. Ayah 19

    ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ

    Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].

20. Ayah 20

    كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ

    No! But you [i.e., mankind] love the immediate

21. Ayah 21

    وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ

    And leave [i.e., neglect] the Hereafter.

22. Ayah 22

    وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ

    [Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,

23. Ayah 23

    إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ

    Looking at their Lord.

24. Ayah 24

    وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌ

    And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,

25. Ayah 25

    تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ

    Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.

26. Ayah 26

    كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ

    No! When it [i.e., the soul] has reached the collar bones

27. Ayah 27

    وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍ

    And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"

28. Ayah 28

    وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ

    And he [i.e., the dying one] is certain that it is the [time of] separation

29. Ayah 29

    وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ

    And the leg is wound about the leg,

30. Ayah 30

    إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ

    To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.

31. Ayah 31

    فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ

    And he [i.e., the disbeliever] had not believed, nor had he prayed.

32. Ayah 32

    وَلَـٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

    But [instead], he denied and turned away.

33. Ayah 33

    ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ

    And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].

34. Ayah 34

    أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ

    Woe to you, and woe!

35. Ayah 35

    ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ

    Then woe to you, and woe!

36. Ayah 36

    أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى

    Does man think that he will be left neglected?

37. Ayah 37

    أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِىٍّ يُمْنَىٰ

    Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

38. Ayah 38

    ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

    Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allāh] created [his form] and proportioned [him]

39. Ayah 39

    فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ

    And made of him two mates, the male and the female.

40. Ayah 40

    أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَـٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْـِۧىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ

    Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?