Surah Al-Qiyama - English Translation by Dr Kamal Omar

لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ

Nay! I bring as witness the Day of Resurrection
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 1

وَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلنَّفۡسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ

And, Nay! I bring to witness the self-censuring Nafs (self)
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 2

أَيَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجۡمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ

Does a human being assess that We shall never assemble his bones
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 3

بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهُۥ

Of course, (We are) Capable Ones over (this) that We align perfectly (even) his finger-tips
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 4

بَلۡ يُرِيدُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفۡجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ

Of course, a human being intends that he may commit sins prior to that (Day of Resurrection)
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 5

يَسۡـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوۡمُ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ

(That is why) he asks: “When (will be this) Day of Resurrection
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 6

فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ

So, when the sight is dazed
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 7

وَخَسَفَ ٱلۡقَمَرُ

and the moon went in eclipse
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 8

وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ

and the sun and the moon got joined to one another; (or got withdrawn from their orbits)
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 9

يَقُولُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ يَوۡمَئِذٍ أَيۡنَ ٱلۡمَفَرُّ

that Day the human being will say: “Where is the place of escape and then refuge
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 10

كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ

By no means! (Today, there is) no place of hiding or refuge
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 11

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقَرُّ

Towards your Nourisher-Sustainer, this Day, (is) the place of stay
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 12

يُنَبَّؤُاْ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ

On that Day, the human being would be informed about what he sent forward, and what he left behind
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 13

بَلِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفۡسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٞ

Nay! The human being is a watch over his own Nafs
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 14

وَلَوۡ أَلۡقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ

even if he put forward his excuses (regarding ignorance of the law of God)
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 15

لَا تُحَرِّكۡ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعۡجَلَ بِهِۦٓ

Move not your tongue with it that you may make haste in memorising it (while this Al-Kitab is being inspired unto you)
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 16

إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا جَمۡعَهُۥ وَقُرۡءَانَهُۥ

Surely, on Us is the duty for its collection and its recitation
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 17

فَإِذَا قَرَأۡنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعۡ قُرۡءَانَهُۥ

so when We have recited it, then adopt its recitation
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 18

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا بَيَانَهُۥ

Further on, indeed, on Us (is to provide) its explanation (within its Text)
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 19

كَلَّا بَلۡ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡعَاجِلَةَ

By no means! (Your life becomes successful only by adopting the Book of Allah). Nay! You people develop love with the immediate life
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 20

وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَ

and you people overlook the Hereafter
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 21

وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ نَّاضِرَةٌ

Some faces that Day (would be) shining and radiant
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 22

إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٞ

loohead of state forward to (the meeting with) their Nourisher-Sustainer
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 23

وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بَاسِرَةٞ

And (some) faces this Day (would be) Basirah (pale,and gloomy) —
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 24

تَظُنُّ أَن يُفۡعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٞ

(such a Nafs thinks) that a back-breahead of state event (as punishment) is to be done with her
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 25

كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِيَ

Nay! When (the soul of a dying person) has already reached the Taraqiya [this is a plural-word which refers to the Throats, collar-bones or the epi-sternum]
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 26

وَقِيلَ مَنۡۜ رَاقٖ

And it is cried out: “Who (would act as a) Raaqq (Talismanical restorer, witch-doctor and magic-healer)?”
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 27

وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلۡفِرَاقُ

And he (i.e., the dying-person or his attendant or relative) became sure that it is Al-Firaq (the Departure)
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 28

وَٱلۡتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ

And the calf (of one side) came closer to the calf (of the other side)
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 29

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡمَسَاقُ

To your Nourisher-Sustainer, this Day, (is) the shifting-process
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 30

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ

So (the disbelieving, hypocrite) did not testify (Al-Kitab) and did not offer Prayers
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 31

وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

But (on the contrary) he belied (the Scripture) and bypassed (it)
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 32

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ

then he walked to his family and followers — he exhibits pride and arrogance
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 33

أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰ

Woe to you (who feel self-pride in hypocrisy and disbelief)! So (again) woe (to you)
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 34

ثُمَّ أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰٓ

Another time, woe to you! So (again) woe (to you)
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 35

أَيَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتۡرَكَ سُدًى

Does the human personality think that he will be left Suda (untamed, uncontrolled and un-accounted for)
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 36

أَلَمۡ يَكُ نُطۡفَةٗ مِّن مَّنِيّٖ يُمۡنَىٰ

Was he not a Nutfah contained in the semen poured forth
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 37

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةٗ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

Afterwards he became ‘Alaqatan. Then He differentiated (it) into a creation, and shaped and fashioned (him) in proportion
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 38

فَجَعَلَ مِنۡهُ ٱلزَّوۡجَيۡنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰٓ

Then He made out of that (partially differentiated, vaguely evident foetal-mass) two different sexes — the male and the female
Surah Al-Qiyama, Verse 39