Introduction

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.

I swear by the Day of Resurrection

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

٢

Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

٣

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

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But man desires to continue in sin.

٥

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

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So when vision is dazzled.

٧

And the moon darkens.

٨

And the sun and the moon are joined,

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

١٠

No! There is no refuge.

١١

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

١٢

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

١٣

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

١٤

Even if he presents his excuses.

١٥

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

١٦

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

١٧

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

١٨

Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].

١٩

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

٢٠

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

٢١

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

٢٢

Looking at their Lord.

٢٣

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

٢٤

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

٢٥

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

٢٦

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

٢٧

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

٢٨

And the leg is wound about the leg,

٢٩

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

٣٠

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

٣١

But [instead], he denied and turned away.

٣٢

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

٣٣

Woe to you, and woe!

٣٤

Then woe to you, and woe!

٣٥

Does man think that he will be left neglected?

٣٦

Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

٣٧

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

٣٨

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

٣٩

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

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