Surah Al-Qiyamah (سورة Al-Qiyamah)

From the Quran Encyclopedia

Contents

🕋 Early Meccan · 610–615 CE📋 Revelation #76🟢 Hifz: Easy📗 Juz 29

Surah Al-Qiyamah (Arabic: سورة Al-Qiyamah, "The Resurrection") is the 75 chapter (surah) of the Qur'an, containing 40 verses (ayahs). It is classified as a Meccan Surah, meaning it is historically understood to have been revealed during the Meccan Period (610–622 CE) of the prophecy.

Introduction

Surah Al-Qiyamah ("The Resurrection") is chapter 75 of 114 in the Qur'an. The full Arabic text, English translation and transliteration of all 40 verses are given below, with verse-by-verse Tafsir available on each ayah.

Text and Translation

Verse 75:1

لَا٘ اُقۡسِمُ بِيَوۡمِ الۡقِيٰمَةِۙ‏

lā uq'simu biyawmi l-qiyāmati

I swear by the Day of Resurrection

Verse 75:2

وَلَا٘ اُقۡسِمُ بِالنَّفۡسِ اللَّوَّامَةِ

walā uq'simu bil-nafsi l-lawāmati

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

Verse 75:3

اَيَحۡسَبُ الۡاِنۡسَانُ اَلَّنۡ نَّجۡمَعَ عِظَامَهٗؕ‏

ayaḥsabu l-insānu allan najmaʿa ʿiẓāmahu

Does man think that We will not assemble his bones

Verse 75:4

بَلٰي قٰدِرِيۡنَ عَلٰ٘ي اَنۡ نُّسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهٗ

balā qādirīna ʿalā an nusawwiya banānahu

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

Verse 75:5

بَلۡ يُرِيۡدُ الۡاِنۡسَانُ لِيَفۡجُرَ اَمَامَهٗۚ‏

bal yurīdu l-insānu liyafjura amāmahu

But man desires to continue in sin

Verse 75:6

يَسۡـَٔلُ اَيَّانَ يَوۡمُ الۡقِيٰمَةِؕ‏

yasalu ayyāna yawmu l-qiyāmati

He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection

Verse 75:7

فَاِذَا بَرِقَ الۡبَصَرُۙ‏

fa-idhā bariqa l-baṣaru

So when vision is dazzled

Verse 75:8

وَخَسَفَ الۡقَمَرُۙ‏

wakhasafa l-qamaru

And the moon darkens

Verse 75:9

وَجُمِعَ الشَّمۡسُ وَالۡقَمَرُۙ‏

wajumiʿa l-shamsu wal-qamaru

And the sun and the moon are joined

Verse 75:10

يَقُوۡلُ الۡاِنۡسَانُ يَوۡمَئِذٍ اَيۡنَ الۡمَفَرُّۚ‏

yaqūlu l-insānu yawma-idhin ayna l-mafaru

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

Verse 75:11

كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَؕ‏

No! There is no refuge

Verse 75:12

اِلٰي رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَئِذِ اِۨلۡمُسۡتَقَرُّؕ‏

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

Verse 75:13

يُنَبَّؤُا الۡاِنۡسَانُ يَوۡمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَاَخَّرَؕ‏

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

Verse 75:14

بَلِ الۡاِنۡسَانُ عَلٰي نَفۡسِهٖ بَصِيۡرَةٌۙ‏

Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness

Verse 75:15

وَّلَوۡ اَلۡقٰي مَعَاذِيۡرَهٗؕ‏

Even if he presents his excuses

Verse 75:16

لَا تُحَرِّكۡ بِهٖ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعۡجَلَ بِهٖؕ‏

Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an

Verse 75:17

اِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا جَمۡعَهٗ وَقُرۡاٰنَهٗۚۖ‏

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

Verse 75:18

فَاِذَا قَرَاۡنٰهُ فَاتَّبِعۡ قُرۡاٰنَهٗۚ‏

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

Verse 75:19

ثُمَّ اِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا بَيَانَهٗؕ‏

Then upon Us is its clarification [to you]

Verse 75:20

كَلَّا بَلۡ تُحِبُّوۡنَ الۡعَاجِلَةَۙ‏

No! But you love the immediate

Verse 75:21

وَتَذَرُوۡنَ الۡاٰخِرَةَؕ‏

And leave the Hereafter

Verse 75:22

وُجُوۡهٌ يَّوۡمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌۙ‏

[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant

Verse 75:23

اِلٰي رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌۚ‏

Looking at their Lord

Verse 75:24

وَوُجُوۡهٌ يَّوۡمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌۙ‏

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

Verse 75:25

تَظُنُّ اَنۡ يُّفۡعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌؕ‏

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

Verse 75:26

كَلَّا٘ اِذَا بَلَغَتِ التَّرَاقِيَۙ‏

No! When the soul has reached the collar bones

Verse 75:27

وَقِيۡلَ مَنۡࣝ رَاقٍۙ‏

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

Verse 75:28

وَّظَنَّ اَنَّهُ الۡفِرَاقُۙ‏

And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation

Verse 75:29

وَالۡتَفَّتِ السَّاقُ بِالسَّاقِۙ‏

And the leg is wound about the leg

Verse 75:30

اِلٰي رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَئِذِ اِۨلۡمَسَاقُؕࣖ‏

To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession

Verse 75:31

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلّٰيۙ‏

And the disbeliever had not believed, nor had he prayed

Verse 75:32

وَلٰكِنۡ كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلّٰيۙ‏

But [instead], he denied and turned away

Verse 75:33

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ اِلٰ٘ي اَهۡلِهٖ يَتَمَطّٰيؕ‏

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

Verse 75:34

اَوۡلٰي لَكَ فَاَوۡلٰيۙ‏

Woe to you, and woe

Verse 75:35

ثُمَّ اَوۡلٰي لَكَ فَاَوۡلٰيؕ‏

Then woe to you, and woe

Verse 75:36

اَيَحۡسَبُ الۡاِنۡسَانُ اَنۡ يُّتۡرَكَ سُدًيؕ‏

Does man think that he will be left neglected

Verse 75:37

اَلَمۡ يَكُ نُطۡفَةً مِّنۡ مَّنِيٍّ يُّمۡنٰيۙ‏

Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted

Verse 75:38

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوّٰيۙ‏

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

Verse 75:39

فَجَعَلَ مِنۡهُ الزَّوۡجَيۡنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالۡاُنۡثٰيؕ‏

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

Verse 75:40

اَلَيۡسَ ذٰلِكَ بِقٰدِرٍ عَلٰ٘ي اَنۡ يُّحۡيِۦَ الۡمَوۡتٰيࣖ‏

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