Surah Al-Qiyama - English Translation by Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim

لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ

I swear by the Day of Resurrection
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 1

وَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلنَّفۡسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ

and by the self - reproaching soul
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 2

أَيَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجۡمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ

Does man think We are unable to assemble his bones? But indeed We are, even after they have been scattered or reduced to dust
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 3

بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهُۥ

But also each finger tip with its mark or prints We will be able to reconstruct
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 4

بَلۡ يُرِيدُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفۡجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ

Indeed, impudent is he who has no shame of his sins
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 5

يَسۡـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوۡمُ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ

and in positive unbelief he asks as to when is that alleged Day of Resurrection
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 6

فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ

Then when the sight is dazed by terror and fright
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 7

وَخَسَفَ ٱلۡقَمَرُ

and the moon is eclipsed and reflects no light
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 8

وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ

and the sun and the moon lose orbit and draw together in one mass and go out of shape
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 9

يَقُولُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ يَوۡمَئِذٍ أَيۡنَ ٱلۡمَفَرُّ

Shall man wonder as to which way to turn in order to have recourse to a shelter as a means of escape
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 10

كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ

But never; there is no shelter to recourse to
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 11

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقَرُّ

For now to Allah, your Creator, does the one - way journey proceed
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 12

يُنَبَّؤُاْ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ

There and then shall man be informed of all the good he had done and the evil he committed and of all he had neglected or omitted
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 13

بَلِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفۡسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٞ

Each one shall be his own witness, and his deeds shall be a witness of his worth. He knows exactly all that he had done and he also knows if he had perverted best things to worst abuse or to their meanest use
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 14

وَلَوۡ أَلۡقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ

and of no import shall be his excuse
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 15

لَا تُحَرِّكۡ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعۡجَلَ بِهِۦٓ

Do not rush O Muhammad to speak, but hold your tongue and listen to what the Angel relates
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 16

إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا جَمۡعَهُۥ وَقُرۡءَانَهُۥ

We are responsible for imprinting it in your heart and impressing it on your mind, and We are responsible for its compilation and for its perusal
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 17

فَإِذَا قَرَأۡنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعۡ قُرۡءَانَهُۥ

When We read it to you, you follow its intonation
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 18

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا بَيَانَهُۥ

We are responsible for its interpretation
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 19

كَلَّا بَلۡ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡعَاجِلَةَ

No, but you people value only the life here which is evanescent and ephemeral not lasting and faster than arrows
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 20

وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَ

You ignore the great momentous Hereafter
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 21

وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ نَّاضِرَةٌ

There and then some faces shall feature radiant countenance expressive of deeply felt joy
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 22

إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٞ

derived from the countenance of Allah their Creator, c1othing their souls with the comely vesture of virtue and innocence, as a feature of the visible radiance of the divine
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 23

وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بَاسِرَةٞ

Other faces will be expressive of gloom and dismay
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 24

تَظُنُّ أَن يُفۡعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٞ

Expecting the calamity of the heavy debt to Allah which they will have to pay
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 25

كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِيَ

No, but when the death - rattle is impending and it is time for the soul to part
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 26

وَقِيلَ مَنۡۜ رَاقٖ

and a hopeless effort is being made in search of a healer to restore his soul
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 27

وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلۡفِرَاقُ

But it is concluded that death is impending and he is to depart
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 28

وَٱلۡتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ

Now both legs are laid across each other in preparation
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 29

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡمَسَاقُ

For a one - way journey; and to Allah his Creator is the destination
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 30

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ

No, but he was never disposed to benevolence nor did he engage in the act of worship
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 31

وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

But he had refused to acknowledge the divine message and closed his heart's ears to the truth
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 32

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ

and among his people he walked upon air and exercised self – conceit
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 33

أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰ

So now, it serves you right
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 34

ثُمَّ أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰٓ

Indeed it serves you right
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 35

أَيَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتۡرَكَ سُدًى

Does man think he could do what he will and act without restriction or limitation and neglect his duties and his obligations to Allah, and get away with it
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 36

أَلَمۡ يَكُ نُطۡفَةٗ مِّن مَّنِيّٖ يُمۡنَىٰ

Was he not a Notfa (sperm) in a seminal fluid that is emitted
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 37

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةٗ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

Then by union with its counterpart it became Notfa Amshag* "zygote" which developed into a clinging organism. Then Allah has given it form and shape, proportions and a constitution ensuring that the individual is not alone human, but unique - from the pattern of the finger prints to the number, colour, shape and length of the eyelashes, - ref. Human Embryology M.j.T.Fitz Gerald M.D., London
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 38