The Rising of the Dead, Resurrection — Muhammad Taqi Usmani Translation

75:1

۞ لَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِیَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِیَـٰمَةِ ۝١

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I swear by the Day of Resurrection

lā uq'simu biyawmi l-qiyāmat

75:2

وَلَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلنَّفۡسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ ۝٢

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and I swear by the self-reproaching conscience, (that Resurrection is a reality.

walā uq'simu bil-nafsi l-lawāmat

75:3

أَیَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجۡمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ ۝٣

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Does man think that We will never reassemble his bones

ayaḥsabu l-insānu allan najmaʿa ʿiẓāmah

75:4

بَلَىٰ قَـٰدِرِینَ عَلَىٰۤ أَن نُّسَوِّیَ بَنَانَهُۥ ۝٤

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Why (can We) not (do so), while We are able to reset (even) his fingertips perfectly

balā qādirīna ʿalā an nusawwiya banānah

75:5

بَلۡ یُرِیدُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ لِیَفۡجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ ۝٥

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But man wishes to go on violating Allah‘s injunctions (even in future) ahead of him

bal yurīdu l-insānu liyafjura amāmah

75:6

یَسۡءَلُ أَیَّانَ یَوۡمُ ٱلۡقِیَـٰمَةِ ۝٦

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He asks, .When will be this Day of Resurrection?

yasalu ayyāna yawmu l-qiyāmat

75:7

فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ ۝٧

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So, when the eyes will be dazzled

fa-idhā bariqa l-baṣar

75:8

وَخَسَفَ ٱلۡقَمَرُ ۝٨

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and the moon will lose its light

wakhasafa l-qamar

75:9

وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ ۝٩

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and the sun and the moon will be joined together

wajumiʿa l-shamsu wal-qamar

75:10

یَقُولُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ یَوۡمَىِٕذٍ أَیۡنَ ٱلۡمَفَرُّ ۝١٠

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on that day man will say, .Where to escape?

yaqūlu l-insānu yawma-idhin ayna l-mafar

75:11

كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ ۝١١

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Never! There will be no refuge at all

kallā lā wazar

75:12

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ یَوۡمَىِٕذٍ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقَرُّ ۝١٢

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On that day, towards your Lord will be the destination (of everyone.

ilā rabbika yawma-idhin l-mus'taqar

75:13

یُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ یَوۡمَىِٕذِۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ ۝١٣

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Man will be informed of what he sent ahead and what he left behind

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

75:14

بَلِ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفۡسِهِۦ بَصِیرَةࣱ ۝١٤

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Rather, man will be a witness against himself

bali l-insānu ʿalā nafsihi baṣīratu

75:15

وَلَوۡ أَلۡقَىٰ مَعَاذِیرَهُۥ ۝١٥

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even though he may offer his excuses

walaw alqā maʿādhīrah

75:16

لَا تُحَرِّكۡ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعۡجَلَ بِهِۦۤ ۝١٦

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(O Prophet,) do not move your tongue (during revelation) for (reciting) it (the Qur‘an) to receive it in hurry

lā tuḥarrik bihi lisānaka litaʿjala bih

75:17

إِنَّ عَلَیۡنَا جَمۡعَهُۥ وَقُرۡءَانَهُۥ ۝١٧

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It is surely undertaken by Us to store it (in your heart), and to let it be recited (by you after revelation is completed)

inna ʿalaynā jamʿahu waqur'ānah

75:18

فَإِذَا قَرَأۡنَـٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعۡ قُرۡءَانَهُۥ ۝١٨

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Therefore, when it is recited by Us (through the angel), follow its recitation (by concentration of your heart)

fa-idhā qaranāhu fa-ittabiʿ qur'ānah

75:19

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَیۡنَا بَیَانَهُۥ ۝١٩

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Then, it is undertaken by Us to explain it

thumma inna ʿalaynā bayānah

75:20

كَلَّا بَلۡ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡعَاجِلَةَ ۝٢٠

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Never, (your denial of Resurrection is never based on any sound reason!) Instead, you love that which is immediate

kallā bal tuḥibbūna l-ʿājilat

75:21

وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلۡءَاخِرَةَ ۝٢١

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and neglect the Hereafter

watadharūna l-ākhirat

75:22

وُجُوهࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ نَّاضِرَةٌ ۝٢٢

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Many faces, that day, will be glowing

wujūhun yawma-idhin nāḍiratu

75:23

إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةࣱ ۝٢٣

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looking towards their Lord

ilā rabbihā nāẓiratu

75:24

وَوُجُوهࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذِۭ بَاسِرَةࣱ ۝٢٤

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and many faces, that day, will be gloomy

wawujūhun yawma-idhin bāsiratu

75:25

تَظُنُّ أَن یُفۡعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةࣱ ۝٢٥

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realizing that a back-breaking calamity is going to be afflicted on them

taẓunnu an yuf'ʿala bihā fāqiratu

75:26

كَلَّاۤ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِیَ ۝٢٦

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Never, (you will never remain in this world forever!) When the soul (of a patient) reaches the clavicles

kallā idhā balaghati l-tarāqiy

75:27

وَقِیلَ مَنۡۜ رَاقࣲ ۝٢٧

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and it is said, .Who is an enchanter (that can save him?)

waqīla man rāqi

75:28

وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلۡفِرَاقُ ۝٢٨

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and he realizes that it is (the time of) departure (from the world,

waẓanna annahu l-firāq

75:29

وَٱلۡتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ ۝٢٩

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and one shank is intertwined with the other shank

wal-tafati l-sāqu bil-sāq

75:30

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ یَوۡمَىِٕذٍ ٱلۡمَسَاقُ ۝٣٠

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then on that day, it is to your Lord that one has to be driven

ilā rabbika yawma-idhin l-masāq

75:31

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ ۝٣١

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So (the denier of the Hereafter) neither believed, nor prayed

falā ṣaddaqa walā ṣall

75:32

وَلَـٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ۝٣٢

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but rejected the truth and turned away (from it)

walākin kadhaba watawall

75:33

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰۤ أَهۡلِهِۦ یَتَمَطَّىٰۤ ۝٣٣

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then he went to his home, puffed up with pride

thumma dhahaba ilā ahlihi yatamaṭṭ

75:34

أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰ ۝٣٤

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(It will be said to such a man,) Woe to you, then woe to you

awlā laka fa-awl

75:35

ثُمَّ أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰۤ ۝٣٥

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Again, woe to you, then woe to you

thumma awlā laka fa-awl

75:36

أَیَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ أَن یُتۡرَكَ سُدًى ۝٣٦

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Does man presume that he will be left unchecked

ayaḥsabu l-insānu an yut'raka suda

75:37

أَلَمۡ یَكُ نُطۡفَةࣰ مِّن مَّنِیࣲّ یُمۡنَىٰ ۝٣٧

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Was he not an ejaculated drop of semen

alam yaku nuṭ'fatan min maniyyin yum'n

75:38

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةࣰ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ۝٣٨

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Then he became a clot of blood, then He created (him) and made (him) perfect

thumma kāna ʿalaqatan fakhalaqa fasaww

75:39

فَجَعَلَ مِنۡهُ ٱلزَّوۡجَیۡنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰۤ ۝٣٩

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and made from him two kinds, 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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Has He no power to give life to 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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