# 75. Surah Al-Qiyamah

> سورة القيامة — The Resurrection · 40 verses · Mushaf page: 577

- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah
- **Translation:** Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

_In the name of God, the Almighty, the Merciful._

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ

## Verse 1

لَٓا اُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ الْقِيٰمَةِۙ

La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamat

I swear by the Day of Resurrection!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-1.md_

## Verse 2

وَلَٓا اُقْسِمُ بِالنَّفْسِ اللَّوَّامَةِ

Wala oqsimu binnafsi allawwamat

And I swear by the self-reproaching soul!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-2.md_

## Verse 3

اَيَحْسَبُ الْاِنْسَانُ اَلَّنْ نَجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۜ

Ayahsabu al-insanu allannajmaAAa AAithamah

Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-3.md_

## Verse 4

بَلٰى قَادِر۪ينَ عَلٰٓى اَنْ نُسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهُ

Bala qadireena AAala annusawwiya bananah

Verily, We are able to fashion his fingertips.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-4.md_

## Verse 5

بَلْ يُر۪يدُ الْاِنْسَانُ لِيَفْجُرَ اَمَامَهُۚ

Bal yureedu al-insanu liyafjura amamah

The truth is, man intends to continue unrestrained;

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-5.md_

## Verse 6

يَسْـَٔلُ اَيَّانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيٰمَةِۜ

Yas-alu ayyana yawmu alqiyama

He asks: “When is the Day of Resurrection?”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-6.md_

## Verse 7

فَاِذَا بَرِقَ الْبَصَرُۙ

Fa-itha bariqa albasar

Then when the sight is dazzled,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-7.md_

## Verse 8

وَخَسَفَ الْقَمَرُۙ

Wakhasafa alqamar

And the moon is eclipsed,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-8.md_

## Verse 9

وَجُمِعَ الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُۙ

WajumiAAa ashshamsu walqamar

And sun and moon are joined,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-9.md_

## Verse 10

يَقُولُ الْاِنْسَانُ يَوْمَئِذٍ اَيْنَ الْمَفَرُّۚ

Yaqoolu al-insanu yawma-ithinayna almafar

Man will say: — that day — “Whither to flee?”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-10.md_

## Verse 11

كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَۚ

Kalla la wazar

No, indeed! There is no sanctuary.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-11.md_

## Verse 12

اِلٰى رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍۨ الْمُسْتَقَرُّۜ

Ila rabbika yawma-ithinalmustaqar

To thy Lord, that day, is the destination.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-12.md_

## Verse 13

يُنَبَّؤُا الْاِنْسَانُ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَاَخَّرَۜ

Yunabbao al-insanu yawma-ithinbima qaddama waakhkhar

Man will be informed, that day, of what he sent before and held back.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-13.md_

## Verse 14

بَلِ الْاِنْسَانُ عَلٰى نَفْسِه۪ بَص۪يرَةٌۙ

Bali al-insanu AAala nafsihibaseera

The truth is, man is, against his soul, an eye-witness

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-14.md_

## Verse 15

وَلَوْ اَلْقٰى مَعَاذ۪يرَهُۜ

Walaw alqa maAAatheerah

And were he to offer his excuses[...].

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-15.md_

## Verse 16

لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِه۪ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِه۪ۜ

La tuharrik bihi lisanakalitaAAjala bih

(Move thou not thy tongue with it to hasten it.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-16.md_

## Verse 17

اِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُ وَقُرْاٰنَهُۚ

Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waqur-anah

Upon Us is its gathering and its recitation.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-17.md_

## Verse 18

فَاِذَا قَرَأْنَاهُ فَاتَّبِعْ قُرْاٰنَهُۚ

Fa-itha qara/nahu fattabiAAqur-anah

And when We recite it, follow thou the recitation thereof.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-18.md_

## Verse 19

ثُمَّ اِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۜ

Thumma inna AAalayna bayanah

Then upon Us is its clarification.)

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-19.md_

## Verse 20

كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ الْعَاجِلَةَۙ

Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajila

No, indeed! The truth is, you love this fleeting life

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-20.md_

## Verse 21

وَتَذَرُونَ الْاٰخِرَةَۜ

Watatharoona al-akhira

And leave the Hereafter.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-21.md_

## Verse 22

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَاضِرَةٌۙ

Wujoohun yawma-ithin nadira

(Faces, that day, will be radiant,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-22.md_

## Verse 23

اِلٰى رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌۚ

Ila rabbiha nathira

Looking upon their Lord.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-23.md_

## Verse 24

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ بَاسِرَةٌۙ

Wawujoohun yawma-ithin basira

And faces, that day, will be scowling,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-24.md_

## Verse 25

تَظُنُّ اَنْ يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌۜ

Tathunnu an yufAAala bihafaqira

Thinking that a crushing calamity is upon them.)

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-25.md_

## Verse 26

كَلَّٓا اِذَا بَلَغَتِ التَّرَاقِيَۙ

Kalla itha balaghati attaraqiy

No, indeed! When it reaches the collar-bone,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-26.md_

## Verse 27

وَق۪يلَ مَنْ۔ رَاقٍۙ

Waqeela man raq

And it is said: “Who is a healer?”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-27.md_

## Verse 28

وَظَنَّ اَنَّهُ الْفِرَاقُۙ

Wathanna annahu alfiraq

(And he thinks that it is the departing,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-28.md_

## Verse 29

وَالْتَفَّتِ السَّاقُ بِالسَّاقِۙ

Waltaffati assaqu bilssaq

And leg is wound about leg.)

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-29.md_

## Verse 30

اِلٰى رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍۨ الْمَسَاقُۜ‌۟

Ila rabbika yawma-ithin almasaq

To thy Lord, that day, will be the driving.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-30.md_

## Verse 31

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلّٰىۙ

Fala saddaqa wala salla

For he neither gave credence, nor performed the duty,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-31.md_

## Verse 32

وَلٰـكِنْ كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلّٰىۙ

Walakin kaththaba watawalla

But denied and turned away

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-32.md_

## Verse 33

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ اِلٰٓى اَهْلِه۪ يَتَمَطّٰىۜ

Thumma thahaba ila ahlihiyatamatta

Then went to his household in arrogance.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-33.md_

## Verse 34

اَوْلٰى لَكَ فَاَوْلٰىۙ

Awla laka faawla

(Nearer to Thee and nearer!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-34.md_

## Verse 35

ثُمَّ اَوْلٰى لَكَ فَاَوْلٰىۜ

Thumma awla laka faawla

Then nearer to Thee and nearer!)

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-35.md_

## Verse 36

اَيَحْسَبُ الْاِنْسَانُ اَنْ يُتْرَكَ سُدًىۜ

Ayahsabu al-insanu an yutrakasuda

Does man think that he is left to no purpose?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-36.md_

## Verse 37

اَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِنْ مَنِيٍّ يُمْنٰىۙ

Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna

Was he not a sperm-drop from semen emitted?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-37.md_

## Verse 38

ثُمَّ  كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوّٰىۙ

Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqafasawwa

Then he was a clinging thing — and He created, and fashioned,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-38.md_

## Verse 39

فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ الزَّوْجَيْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالْاُنْثٰىۜ

FajaAAala minhu azzawjayni aththakarawal-ontha

And made of it two kinds, the male and the female.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-39.md_

## Verse 40

اَلَيْسَ ذٰلِكَ بِقَادِرٍ عَلٰٓى اَنْ يُحْيِيَ الْمَوْتٰى

Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAalaan yuhyiya almawta

Is then He not able to give life to the dead?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-40.md_

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