The Rising of the Dead, Resurrection — Dr Laleh Bakhtiar Translation

75:1

۞ لَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِیَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِیَـٰمَةِ ۝١

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

I swear an oath by the Day of Resurrection.

lā uq'simu biyawmi l-qiyāmat

75:2

وَلَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلنَّفۡسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ ۝٢

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

And I swear an oath by the reproachful soul.

walā uq'simu bil-nafsi l-lawāmat

75:3

أَیَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجۡمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ ۝٣

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Assumes the human being that We will never gather his bones?

ayaḥsabu l-insānu allan najmaʿa ʿiẓāmah

75:4

بَلَىٰ قَـٰدِرِینَ عَلَىٰۤ أَن نُّسَوِّیَ بَنَانَهُۥ ۝٤

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Yea! We are ones who have power to shape his fingers again.

balā qādirīna ʿalā an nusawwiya banānah

75:5

بَلۡ یُرِیدُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ لِیَفۡجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ ۝٥

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Nay! The human being wants to act immorally in front of him.

bal yurīdu l-insānu liyafjura amāmah

75:6

یَسۡءَلُ أَیَّانَ یَوۡمُ ٱلۡقِیَـٰمَةِ ۝٦

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

He asks: When is this Day of Resurrection?

yasalu ayyāna yawmu l-qiyāmat

75:7

فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ ۝٧

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

But when their sight will be astonished

fa-idhā bariqa l-baṣar

75:8

وَخَسَفَ ٱلۡقَمَرُ ۝٨

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

and the moon will cause the earth to be swallowed

wakhasafa l-qamar

75:9

وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ ۝٩

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

and the sun and the moon will be gathered,

wajumiʿa l-shamsu wal-qamar

75:10

یَقُولُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ یَوۡمَىِٕذٍ أَیۡنَ ٱلۡمَفَرُّ ۝١٠

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

the human being will say on that Day: Where is a place to run away to?

yaqūlu l-insānu yawma-idhin ayna l-mafar

75:11

كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ ۝١١

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

No indeed! There is no refuge.

kallā lā wazar

75:12

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ یَوۡمَىِٕذٍ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقَرُّ ۝١٢

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

With thy Lord on this Day will be thy recourse.

ilā rabbika yawma-idhin l-mus'taqar

75:13

یُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ یَوۡمَىِٕذِۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ ۝١٣

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

The human being will be told on that Day what he put forward and what he postponed.

yunabba-u l-insānu yawma-idhin bimā qaddama wa-akhar

75:14

بَلِ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفۡسِهِۦ بَصِیرَةࣱ ۝١٤

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Nay! The human being is clear evidence against himself.

bali l-insānu ʿalā nafsihi baṣīratu

75:15

وَلَوۡ أَلۡقَىٰ مَعَاذِیرَهُۥ ۝١٥

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

And although he would cast his excuses,

walaw alqā maʿādhīrah

75:16

لَا تُحَرِّكۡ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعۡجَلَ بِهِۦۤ ۝١٦

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

impel not thy tongue to hasten it.

lā tuḥarrik bihi lisānaka litaʿjala bih

75:17

إِنَّ عَلَیۡنَا جَمۡعَهُۥ وَقُرۡءَانَهُۥ ۝١٧

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Truly, on Us is his amassing and its Recitation.

inna ʿalaynā jamʿahu waqur'ānah

75:18

فَإِذَا قَرَأۡنَـٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعۡ قُرۡءَانَهُۥ ۝١٨

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

But when We recited it, follow thou its Recitation.

fa-idhā qaranāhu fa-ittabiʿ qur'ānah

75:19

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَیۡنَا بَیَانَهُۥ ۝١٩

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

From Us after that is its clear explanation.

thumma inna ʿalaynā bayānah

75:20

كَلَّا بَلۡ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡعَاجِلَةَ ۝٢٠

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

No indeed! Nay! You love that which hastens away

kallā bal tuḥibbūna l-ʿājilat

75:21

وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلۡءَاخِرَةَ ۝٢١

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

and forsake the world to come.

watadharūna l-ākhirat

75:22

وُجُوهࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ نَّاضِرَةٌ ۝٢٢

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Faces on that Day will be ones that beam,

wujūhun yawma-idhin nāḍiratu

75:23

إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةࣱ ۝٢٣

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

ones that look towards their Lord.

ilā rabbihā nāẓiratu

75:24

وَوُجُوهࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذِۭ بَاسِرَةࣱ ۝٢٤

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

And faces on that day will be ones that scowl.

wawujūhun yawma-idhin bāsiratu

75:25

تَظُنُّ أَن یُفۡعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةࣱ ۝٢٥

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Thou will think that against them is wreaked a crushing calamity.

taẓunnu an yuf'ʿala bihā fāqiratu

75:26

كَلَّاۤ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِیَ ۝٢٦

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

No indeed! When it reached the collar bones at death

kallā idhā balaghati l-tarāqiy

75:27

وَقِیلَ مَنۡۜ رَاقࣲ ۝٢٧

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

and it was said: Where is one who is a wizard to save me?

waqīla man rāqi

75:28

وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلۡفِرَاقُ ۝٢٨

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

And he thought it to be his parting

waẓanna annahu l-firāq

75:29

وَٱلۡتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ ۝٢٩

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

and one leg was intertwined with the other leg,

wal-tafati l-sāqu bil-sāq

75:30

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ یَوۡمَىِٕذٍ ٱلۡمَسَاقُ ۝٣٠

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

that Day he will be driving toward thy Lord

ilā rabbika yawma-idhin l-masāq

75:31

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ ۝٣١

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

for he established not the true nor invoked blessings

falā ṣaddaqa walā ṣall

75:32

وَلَـٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ۝٣٢

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

and he denied and turned away.

walākin kadhaba watawall

75:33

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰۤ أَهۡلِهِۦ یَتَمَطَّىٰۤ ۝٣٣

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

He went to his people again, going arrogantly.

thumma dhahaba ilā ahlihi yatamaṭṭ

75:34

أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰ ۝٣٤

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Closer to thee! And closer to thee!

awlā laka fa-awl

75:35

ثُمَّ أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰۤ ۝٣٥

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Again closer to thee! And closer to thee!

thumma awlā laka fa-awl

75:36

أَیَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ أَن یُتۡرَكَ سُدًى ۝٣٦

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Assumes the human being that he will be left aimless?

ayaḥsabu l-insānu an yut'raka suda

75:37

أَلَمۡ یَكُ نُطۡفَةࣰ مِّن مَّنِیࣲّ یُمۡنَىٰ ۝٣٧

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Was he not a sperm-drop to be emitted in seminal fluid?

alam yaku nuṭ'fatan min maniyyin yum'n

75:38

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةࣰ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ۝٣٨

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Again, he had been a clot and He created him and shaped him.

thumma kāna ʿalaqatan fakhalaqa fasaww

75:39

فَجَعَلَ مِنۡهُ ٱلزَّوۡجَیۡنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰۤ ۝٣٩

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Then, He made of him two pairs, the male and the female.

fajaʿala min'hu l-zawjayni l-dhakara wal-unth

75:40

أَلَیۡسَ ذَ ٰلِكَ بِقَـٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰۤ أَن یُحۡـِۧیَ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ ۝٤٠

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Is not that One Who Has Power over that able to give life to the dead?

alaysa dhālika biqādirin ʿalā an yuḥ'yiya l-mawt

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