Surah Al-Qiyama (75): Arabic, Transliteration and English

Full text of Surah Al-Qiyama, verse by verse

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ﴿١﴾

Laaa uqsimu bi yawmil qiyaamah

1 I swear by the Day of Resurrection

وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ ﴿٢﴾

Wa laaa uqsimu bin nafsil lawwaamah

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

أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ ﴿٣﴾

Ayahsabul insaanu al lan najm'a 'izaamah

3 Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ ﴿٤﴾

Balaa qaadireena 'alaaa an nusawwiya banaanah

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

بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ ﴿٥﴾

Bal yureedul insaanu liyafjura amaamah

5 But man desires to continue in sin.

يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ﴿٦﴾

Yas'alu ayyyaana yawmul qiyaamah

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

فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ ﴿٧﴾

Fa izaa bariqal basar

7 So when vision is dazzled

وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ ﴿٨﴾

We khasafal qamar

8 And the moon darkens

وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ ﴿٩﴾

Wa jumi'ash shamusu wal qamar

9 And the sun and the moon are joined,

يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ ﴿١٠﴾

Yaqoolul insaanu yaw ma 'izin aynal mafarr

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

كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ ﴿١١﴾

Kallaa laa wazar

11 No! There is no refuge.

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ ﴿١٢﴾

Ilaa rabbika yawma 'izinil mustaqarr

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

يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ ﴿١٣﴾

Yunabba 'ul insaanu yawma 'izim bimaa qaddama wa akhkhar

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

بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌۭ ﴿١٤﴾

Balil insaanu 'alaa nafsihee baseerah

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

وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ ﴿١٥﴾

Wa law alqaa ma'aazeerah

15 Even if he presents his excuses.

لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ ﴿١٦﴾

Laa tuharrik bihee lisaa naka lita'jala bih

16 Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.

إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ ﴿١٧﴾

Inna 'alainaa jam'ahoo wa qur aanah

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

فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ ﴿١٨﴾

Fa izaa qaraanaahu fattabi' qur aanah

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

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ ﴿١٩﴾

Summa inna 'alainaa bayaanah

19 Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].

كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ ﴿٢٠﴾

Kallaa bal tuhibboonal 'aajilah

20 No! But you love the immediate

وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ ﴿٢١﴾

Wa tazaroonal Aakhirah

21 And leave the Hereafter.

وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ نَّاضِرَةٌ ﴿٢٢﴾

Wujoohuny yawma 'izin naadirah

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

إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌۭ ﴿٢٣﴾

Ilaa rabbihaa naazirah

23 Looking at their Lord.

وَوُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌۭ ﴿٢٤﴾

Wa wujoohuny yawma 'izim baasirah

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

تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌۭ ﴿٢٥﴾

Tazunnu any yuf'ala bihaa faaqirah

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

كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ ﴿٢٦﴾

Kallaaa izaa balaghatit taraaqee

26 No! When the soul has reached the collar bones

وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍۢ ﴿٢٧﴾

Wa qeela man raaq

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

وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ ﴿٢٨﴾

Wa zanna annahul firaaq

28 And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation

وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ ﴿٢٩﴾

Waltaffatis saaqu bissaaq

29 And the leg is wound about the leg,

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ ﴿٣٠﴾

Ilaa rabbika yawma'izinil masaaq

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

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ ﴿٣١﴾

Falaa saddaqa wa laa sallaa

31 And the disbeliever had not believed, nor had he prayed.

وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ﴿٣٢﴾

Wa laakin kazzaba wa tawalla

32 But [instead], he denied and turned away.

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ ﴿٣٣﴾

Summa zahaba ilaaa ahlihee yatamatta

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

أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ ﴿٣٤﴾

Awlaa laka fa awlaa

34 Woe to you, and woe!

ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ ﴿٣٥﴾

Summa awlaa laka fa awla

35 Then woe to you, and woe!

أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى ﴿٣٦﴾

Ayahsabul insaanu anyytraka sudaa

36 Does man think that he will be left neglected?

أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةًۭ مِّن مَّنِىٍّۢ يُمْنَىٰ ﴿٣٧﴾

Alam yaku nutfatam mim maniyyiny yumnaa

37 Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةًۭ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ﴿٣٨﴾

Summa kaana 'alaqata fakhalaq fasawwaa

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

فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ ﴿٣٩﴾

Faja'ala minhuz zawjayniz zakara wal unsaa

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

أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْۦِىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ ﴿٤٠﴾

Alaisa zaalika biqaadirin 'alaaa any yuhyiyal mawtaa

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

Sources: Arabic text in Uthmani script (Tanzil edition); English translation: Saheeh International; transliteration in standard Latin letters. Transliteration helps with pronunciation but cannot render every Arabic letter.