The Qur'an, 75. al-Qiyamah
75. al-Qiyamah: The Resurrection
1 Nay, I swear by the Day of
Resurrection;
2 Nay, I swear by the accusing
soul (that this Scripture is true).
3 Thinketh man that We shall
not assemble his bones ?
4 Yea, verily. We are Able to
restore his very fingers!
5 But man would fain deny what
is before him.
6 He asketh: When will be this
Day of Resurrection ?
7 But when sight is confounded
8 And the moon is eclipsed
9 And sun and moon are united,
10 On that day man will cry:
Whither to flee!
11 Alas! No refuge!
12 Unto thy Lord is the recourse
that day.
13 On that day man is told the
tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.
14 Oh, but man is a telling
witness against himself,
15 Although he tender his excuses.
16 Stir not thy tongue herewith
to hasten it.
17 Lo! upon Us (resteth) the
putting together thereof and the reading thereof.
18 And when We read it, follow
thou the reading;
19 Then lo! upon Us (resteth)
the explanation thereof.
20 Nay, but ye do love the fleeting
Now
21 And neglect the Hereafter.
22 That day will faces be resplendent,
23 Looking toward their Lord;
24 And that day will other faces
be despondent,
25 Thou wilt know that some
great disaster is about to fall on them.
26 Nay, but when the life cometh
up to the throat
27 And men say: Where is the
wizard (who can save him now) ?
28 And he knoweth that it is
the parting;
29 And agony is heaped on agony;
30 Unto thy Lord that day will
be the driving.
31 For he neither trusted, nor
prayed.
32 But he denied and flouted.
33 Then went he to his folk
with glee.
34 Nearer unto thee and nearer,
35 Again nearer unto thee and
nearer (is the doom).
36 Thinketh man that he is to
be left aimless ?
37 Was he not a drop of fluid
which gushed forth ?
38 Then he became a clot; then
(Allah) shaped and fashioned
39 And made of him a pair, the
male and female.
40 Is not He (Who doeth so)
Able to bring the dead to life ?
