The Rising of the Dead, Resurrection — John Medows Rodwell Translation

75:1

۞ لَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِیَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِیَـٰمَةِ ۝١

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It needeth not that I swear by the day of the RESURRECTION

lā uq'simu biyawmi l-qiyāmat

75:2

وَلَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلنَّفۡسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ ۝٢

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Or that I swear by the self-accusing soul

walā uq'simu bil-nafsi l-lawāmat

75:3

أَیَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجۡمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ ۝٣

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Thinketh man that we shall not re-unite his bones

ayaḥsabu l-insānu allan najmaʿa ʿiẓāmah

75:4

بَلَىٰ قَـٰدِرِینَ عَلَىٰۤ أَن نُّسَوِّیَ بَنَانَهُۥ ۝٤

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Aye! his very finger tips are we able evenly to replace

balā qādirīna ʿalā an nusawwiya banānah

75:5

بَلۡ یُرِیدُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ لِیَفۡجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ ۝٥

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But man chooseth to deny what is before him

bal yurīdu l-insānu liyafjura amāmah

75:6

یَسۡءَلُ أَیَّانَ یَوۡمُ ٱلۡقِیَـٰمَةِ ۝٦

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He asketh, "When this day of Resurrection?"

yasalu ayyāna yawmu l-qiyāmat

75:7

فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ ۝٧

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But when the eye shall be dazzled

fa-idhā bariqa l-baṣar

75:8

وَخَسَفَ ٱلۡقَمَرُ ۝٨

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And when the moon shall be darkened

wakhasafa l-qamar

75:9

وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ ۝٩

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And the sun and the moon shall be together

wajumiʿa l-shamsu wal-qamar

75:10

یَقُولُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ یَوۡمَىِٕذٍ أَیۡنَ ٱلۡمَفَرُّ ۝١٠

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On that day man shall cry, "Where is there a place to flee to?"

yaqūlu l-insānu yawma-idhin ayna l-mafar

75:11

كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ ۝١١

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But in vain - there is no refuge

kallā lā wazar

75:12

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ یَوۡمَىِٕذٍ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقَرُّ ۝١٢

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With thy Lord on that day shall be the sole asylum

ilā rabbika yawma-idhin l-mus'taqar

75:13

یُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ یَوۡمَىِٕذِۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ ۝١٣

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On that day shall man be told of all that he hath done first and last

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

75:14

بَلِ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفۡسِهِۦ بَصِیرَةࣱ ۝١٤

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Yea, a man shall be the eye witness against himself

bali l-insānu ʿalā nafsihi baṣīratu

75:15

وَلَوۡ أَلۡقَىٰ مَعَاذِیرَهُۥ ۝١٥

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And even if he put forth his plea. . .

walaw alqā maʿādhīrah

75:16

لَا تُحَرِّكۡ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعۡجَلَ بِهِۦۤ ۝١٦

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(Move not thy tongue in haste to follow and master this revelation

lā tuḥarrik bihi lisānaka litaʿjala bih

75:17

إِنَّ عَلَیۡنَا جَمۡعَهُۥ وَقُرۡءَانَهُۥ ۝١٧

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For we will see to the collecting and the recital of it

inna ʿalaynā jamʿahu waqur'ānah

75:18

فَإِذَا قَرَأۡنَـٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعۡ قُرۡءَانَهُۥ ۝١٨

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But when we have recited it, then follow thou the recital

fa-idhā qaranāhu fa-ittabiʿ qur'ānah

75:19

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَیۡنَا بَیَانَهُۥ ۝١٩

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And, verily, afterwards it shall be ours to make it clear to thee.

thumma inna ʿalaynā bayānah

75:20

كَلَّا بَلۡ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡعَاجِلَةَ ۝٢٠

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Aye, but ye love the transitory

kallā bal tuḥibbūna l-ʿājilat

75:21

وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلۡءَاخِرَةَ ۝٢١

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And ye neglect the life to come

watadharūna l-ākhirat

75:22

وُجُوهࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ نَّاضِرَةٌ ۝٢٢

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On that day shall faces beam with light

wujūhun yawma-idhin nāḍiratu

75:23

إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةࣱ ۝٢٣

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Outlooking towards their Lord

ilā rabbihā nāẓiratu

75:24

وَوُجُوهࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذِۭ بَاسِرَةࣱ ۝٢٤

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And faces on that day shall be dismal

wawujūhun yawma-idhin bāsiratu

75:25

تَظُنُّ أَن یُفۡعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةࣱ ۝٢٥

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As if they thought that some great calamity would befal them

taẓunnu an yuf'ʿala bihā fāqiratu

75:26

كَلَّاۤ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِیَ ۝٢٦

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Aye, when the soul shall come up into the throat

kallā idhā balaghati l-tarāqiy

75:27

وَقِیلَ مَنۡۜ رَاقࣲ ۝٢٧

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And there shall be a cry, "Who hath a charm that can restore him?"

waqīla man rāqi

75:28

وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلۡفِرَاقُ ۝٢٨

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And the man feeleth that the time of his departure is come

waẓanna annahu l-firāq

75:29

وَٱلۡتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ ۝٢٩

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And when one leg shall be laid over the other

wal-tafati l-sāqu bil-sāq

75:30

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ یَوۡمَىِٕذٍ ٱلۡمَسَاقُ ۝٣٠

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To thy Lord on that day shall he be driven on

ilā rabbika yawma-idhin l-masāq

75:31

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ ۝٣١

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For he believed not, and he did not pray

falā ṣaddaqa walā ṣall

75:32

وَلَـٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ۝٣٢

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But he called the truth a lie and turned his back

walākin kadhaba watawall

75:33

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰۤ أَهۡلِهِۦ یَتَمَطَّىٰۤ ۝٣٣

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Then, walking with haughty men, rejoined his people

thumma dhahaba ilā ahlihi yatamaṭṭ

75:34

أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰ ۝٣٤

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That Hour is nearer to thee and nearer

awlā laka fa-awl

75:35

ثُمَّ أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰۤ ۝٣٥

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It is ever nearer to thee and nearer still

thumma awlā laka fa-awl

75:36

أَیَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ أَن یُتۡرَكَ سُدًى ۝٣٦

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Thinketh man that he shall be left supreme

ayaḥsabu l-insānu an yut'raka suda

75:37

أَلَمۡ یَكُ نُطۡفَةࣰ مِّن مَّنِیࣲّ یُمۡنَىٰ ۝٣٧

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Was he not a mere embryo

alam yaku nuṭ'fatan min maniyyin yum'n

75:38

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةࣰ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ۝٣٨

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Then he became thick blood of which God formed him and fashioned him

thumma kāna ʿalaqatan fakhalaqa fasaww

75:39

فَجَعَلَ مِنۡهُ ٱلزَّوۡجَیۡنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰۤ ۝٣٩

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And made him twain, male and female

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

75:40

أَلَیۡسَ ذَ ٰلِكَ بِقَـٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰۤ أَن یُحۡـِۧیَ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ ۝٤٠

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Is not He powerful enough to quicken the dead

alaysa dhālika biqādirin ʿalā an yuḥ'yiya l-mawt

Surah 75. The Rising of the Dead, Resurrection (al-Qiyamah)

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