سورة القيامة
Surah Al-Qiyamah
The Resurrection
Surah Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) is the 75th surah of the Quran. It has 40 verses and is a Meccan surah. Below is the complete Arabic text with an English translation and transliteration, verse by verse.
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ﴿١﴾
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
وَ لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلنَّفۡسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ﴿٢﴾
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
أَيَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجۡمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ﴿٣﴾
Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaʿa ʿithamahu
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهُۥ﴿٤﴾
Bala qadireena ʿala an nusawwiya bananahu
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
بَلۡ يُرِيدُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفۡجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ﴿٥﴾
Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
But man desires to continue in sin.
يَسۡـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوۡمُ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ﴿٦﴾
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ﴿٧﴾
Faitha bariqa albasaru
So when vision is dazzled
وَ خَسَفَ ٱلۡقَمَرُ﴿٨﴾
Wakhasafa alqamaru
And the moon darkens
وَ جُمِعَ ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَ ٱلۡقَمَرُ﴿٩﴾
Wajumiʿa alshshamsu waalqamaru
And the sun and the moon are joined,
يَقُولُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ يَوۡمَئِذٍ أَيۡنَ ٱلۡمَفَرُّ﴿١٠﴾
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ﴿١١﴾
Kalla la wazara
No! There is no refuge.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقَرُّ﴿١٢﴾
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
يُنَبَّؤُاْ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَ أَخَّرَ﴿١٣﴾
Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara
Man will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
بَلِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفۡسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةࣱ﴿١٤﴾
Bali alinsanu ʿala nafsihi baseeratun
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
وَ لَوۡ أَلۡقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ﴿١٥﴾
Walaw alqa maʿatheerahu
Even if he presents his excuses.
لَا تُحَرِّكۡ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعۡجَلَ بِهِۦٓ﴿١٦﴾
La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaʿjala bihi
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muḥammad], to hasten with it [i.e., recitation of the Qur’ān].
إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا جَمۡعَهُۥ وَ قُرۡءَانَهُۥ﴿١٧﴾
Inna ʿalayna jamʿahu waquranahu
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
فَإِذَا قَرَأۡنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعۡ قُرۡءَانَهُۥ﴿١٨﴾
Faitha qaranahu faittabiʿ quranahu
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا بَيَانَهُۥ﴿١٩﴾
Thumma inna ʿalayna bayanahu
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
كَلَّا بَلۡ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡعَاجِلَةَ﴿٢٠﴾
Kalla bal tuhibboona alʿajilata
No! But you [i.e., mankind] love the immediate
وَ تَذَرُونَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَ﴿٢١﴾
Watatharoona alakhirata
And leave [i.e., neglect] the Hereafter.
وُجُوهࣱ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ نَّاضِرَةٌ﴿٢٢﴾
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةࣱ﴿٢٣﴾
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
Looking at their Lord.
وَ وُجُوهࣱ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بَاسِرَةࣱ﴿٢٤﴾
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
تَظُنُّ أَن يُفۡعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةࣱ﴿٢٥﴾
Tathunnu an yufʿala biha faqiratun
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِيَ﴿٢٦﴾
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
No! When it [i.e., the soul] has reached the collar bones
وَ قِيلَ مَنۡۜ رَاقࣲ﴿٢٧﴾
Waqeela man raqin
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
وَ ظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلۡفِرَاقُ﴿٢٨﴾
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
And he [i.e., the dying one] is certain that it is the [time of] separation
وَ ٱلۡتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ﴿٢٩﴾
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
And the leg is wound about the leg,
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡمَسَاقُ﴿٣٠﴾
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَ لَا صَلَّىٰ﴿٣١﴾
Fala saddaqa wala salla
And he [i.e., the disbeliever] had not believed, nor had he prayed.
وَ لَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَ تَوَلَّىٰ﴿٣٢﴾
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ﴿٣٣﴾
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰ﴿٣٤﴾
Awla laka faawla
Woe to you, and woe!
ثُمَّ أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰٓ﴿٣٥﴾
Thumma awla laka faawla
Then woe to you, and woe!
أَيَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتۡرَكَ سُدًى﴿٣٦﴾
Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
أَلَمۡ يَكُ نُطۡفَةࣰ مِّن مَّنِيࣲّ يُمۡنَىٰ﴿٣٧﴾
Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةࣰ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ﴿٣٨﴾
Thumma kana ʿalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allāh] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
فَجَعَلَ مِنۡهُ ٱلزَّوۡجَيۡنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَ ٱلۡأُنثَىٰٓ﴿٣٩﴾
Fajaʿala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
أَلَيۡسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحۡـِۧيَ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ﴿٤٠﴾
Alaysa thalika biqadirin ʿala an yuhyiya almawta
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?
Translation: Saheeh International · Transliteration
About this surah
Name
The Surah has been so named after the word al-Qiyamah in the first verse. This is not only the name but also the title of this Surah, for it is devoted to Resurrection itself.
Period of Revelation
Although there is no tradition to indicate its period of revelation, yet there is in the subject matter of this Surah an internal evidence, which shows that it is one of the earliest Surahs to be sent down at Makkah. After verse 15 the discourse is suddenly interrupted and the Holy Prophet (upon whom be peace) told: "Do not move your tongue to remember this Revelation hastily. It is Our responsibility to have it remembered and read. Therefore, when We are reciting it, listen to its recital carefully. Again, it is Our responsibility to explain its meaning." Then, from verse 20 onward the same theme which was interrupted at verse 15, is resumed. This parenthetical passage, according to both the context and the traditions, has been interposed here for the reason that when the Angel Gabriel was reciting this Surah to the Holy Prophet, the Holy Prophet, lest he should forget its words later, was repeating them at the same moment. This in fact happened at the time when the coming down and receipt of Revelation was yet a new experience for him and he was not yet fully used to receiving it calmly. There are two other instances also of this in the Qur'an. First, in Surah Ta Ha the Holy Prophet (upon whom be peace) has been told: "And see that you do not hasten to recite the Qur'an before its revelation is completed to you." (v. 114). Then, in Surah Al-A'la, it has been said: "We shall enable you to recite:, then you shall never forget. (v. 6). Later, when the Holy Prophet became fully used to receiving the Revelation well, there remained no need to give him any such instruction. That is why except for these, three, there is no other instance of this in the Qur'an.
Theme and Subject Matter
Most of the Surahs, from here till the end of the Qur'an, in view of their content and style, seem to have been sent down in the period when after the first seven verses of Surah Al-Muddaththir, revelation of the Qur'an began like a shower of rain:Thus, in the successively revealed Surahs Islam and its fundamental concepts and moral teachings were presented so forcefully and effectively in pithy, brief sentences and the people of Makkah warned so vehemently on their errors and deviations that the Quraish chiefs were utterly confounded. Therefore, before the next Hajj season came they held the conference for devising schemes to defeat the Holy Prophet (upon whom be peace) as has been mentioned in the Introduction to the Surah Al-Muddaththir above.
In this Surah, addressing thee deniers of the Hereafter, replies have been given to each of their doubts and objections, strong arguments have been given to prove the possibility, occurrence and necessity of the Resurrection and Hereafter, and also it has been pointed out clearly that the actual reason of the people's denying the Hereafter is not that they regard it as impossible rationally but because their selfish motives do not allow them to affirm it. At the same time, the people have been warned, as if to say: "The event, the occurrence of which you deny, will inevitably come: all your deeds will be brought and placed before you. As a matter of fact, even before any of you sees his record, he will be knowing fully well what he has done in the world, for no man is unaware of himself, no matter what excuses and pretenses he may offer to deceive the world and deceive himself in respect of his misdeeds."
Source: Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - Tafhim al-Qur'an - The Meaning of the Quran