The Rising of the Dead, Resurrection — Mustafa Khattab 2018 Translation

75:1

۞ لَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِیَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِیَـٰمَةِ ۝١

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I do swear by the Day of Judgment!

lā uq'simu biyawmi l-qiyāmat

75:2

وَلَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلنَّفۡسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ ۝٢

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And I do swear by the self-reproaching soul!

walā uq'simu bil-nafsi l-lawāmat

75:3

أَیَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجۡمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ ۝٣

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Do people think We cannot reassemble their bones?

ayaḥsabu l-insānu allan najmaʿa ʿiẓāmah

75:4

بَلَىٰ قَـٰدِرِینَ عَلَىٰۤ أَن نُّسَوِّیَ بَنَانَهُۥ ۝٤

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Yes ˹indeed˺! We are ˹most˺ capable of restoring ˹even˺ their very fingertips.

balā qādirīna ʿalā an nusawwiya banānah

75:5

بَلۡ یُرِیدُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ لِیَفۡجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ ۝٥

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Still people want to deny what is yet to come,

bal yurīdu l-insānu liyafjura amāmah

75:6

یَسۡءَلُ أَیَّانَ یَوۡمُ ٱلۡقِیَـٰمَةِ ۝٦

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asking ˹mockingly˺, “When is this Day of Judgment?”

yasalu ayyāna yawmu l-qiyāmat

75:7

فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ ۝٧

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But when the sight is stunned,

fa-idhā bariqa l-baṣar

75:8

وَخَسَفَ ٱلۡقَمَرُ ۝٨

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and the moon is dimmed,

wakhasafa l-qamar

75:9

وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ ۝٩

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and the sun and the moon are brought together,

wajumiʿa l-shamsu wal-qamar

75:10

یَقُولُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ یَوۡمَىِٕذٍ أَیۡنَ ٱلۡمَفَرُّ ۝١٠

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on that Day one will cry, “Where is the escape?”

yaqūlu l-insānu yawma-idhin ayna l-mafar

75:11

كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ ۝١١

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But no! There will be no refuge.

kallā lā wazar

75:12

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ یَوۡمَىِٕذٍ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقَرُّ ۝١٢

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On that Day all will end up before your Lord.

ilā rabbika yawma-idhin l-mus'taqar

75:13

یُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ یَوۡمَىِٕذِۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ ۝١٣

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All will then be informed of what they have sent forth and left behind.

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

75:14

بَلِ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفۡسِهِۦ بَصِیرَةࣱ ۝١٤

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In fact, people will testify against their own souls,

bali l-insānu ʿalā nafsihi baṣīratu

75:15

وَلَوۡ أَلۡقَىٰ مَعَاذِیرَهُۥ ۝١٥

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despite the excuses they come up with.

walaw alqā maʿādhīrah

75:16

لَا تُحَرِّكۡ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعۡجَلَ بِهِۦۤ ۝١٦

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Do not rush your tongue trying to memorize ˹a revelation of˺ the Quran.

lā tuḥarrik bihi lisānaka litaʿjala bih

75:17

إِنَّ عَلَیۡنَا جَمۡعَهُۥ وَقُرۡءَانَهُۥ ۝١٧

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It is certainly upon Us to ˹make you˺ memorize and recite it.

inna ʿalaynā jamʿahu waqur'ānah

75:18

فَإِذَا قَرَأۡنَـٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعۡ قُرۡءَانَهُۥ ۝١٨

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So once We have recited a revelation ˹through Gabriel˺, follow its recitation ˹closely˺.

fa-idhā qaranāhu fa-ittabiʿ qur'ānah

75:19

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَیۡنَا بَیَانَهُۥ ۝١٩

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Then it is surely upon Us to make it clear ˹to you˺.

thumma inna ʿalaynā bayānah

75:20

كَلَّا بَلۡ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡعَاجِلَةَ ۝٢٠

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But no! In fact, you love this fleeting world,

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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On that Day ˹some˺ faces will be bright,

wujūhun yawma-idhin nāḍiratu

75:23

إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةࣱ ۝٢٣

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looking at their Lord.

ilā rabbihā nāẓiratu

75:24

وَوُجُوهࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذِۭ بَاسِرَةࣱ ۝٢٤

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And ˹other˺ faces will be gloomy,

wawujūhun yawma-idhin bāsiratu

75:25

تَظُنُّ أَن یُفۡعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةࣱ ۝٢٥

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anticipating something devastating to befall them.

taẓunnu an yuf'ʿala bihā fāqiratu

75:26

كَلَّاۤ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِیَ ۝٢٦

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But no! ˹Beware of the day˺ when the soul reaches the collar bone ˹as it leaves˺,

kallā idhā balaghati l-tarāqiy

75:27

وَقِیلَ مَنۡۜ رَاقࣲ ۝٢٧

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and it will be said, “Is there any healer ˹who can save this life˺?”

waqīla man rāqi

75:28

وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلۡفِرَاقُ ۝٢٨

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And the dying person realizes it is ˹their˺ time to depart,

waẓanna annahu l-firāq

75:29

وَٱلۡتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ ۝٢٩

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and ˹then˺ their feet are tied together ˹in a shroud˺.

wal-tafati l-sāqu bil-sāq

75:30

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ یَوۡمَىِٕذٍ ٱلۡمَسَاقُ ۝٣٠

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On that day they will be driven to your Lord ˹alone˺.

ilā rabbika yawma-idhin l-masāq

75:31

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ ۝٣١

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This denier neither believed nor prayed,

falā ṣaddaqa walā ṣall

75:32

وَلَـٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ۝٣٢

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but persisted in denial and turned away,

walākin kadhaba watawall

75:33

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰۤ أَهۡلِهِۦ یَتَمَطَّىٰۤ ۝٣٣

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then went to their own people, walking boastfully.

thumma dhahaba ilā ahlihi yatamaṭṭ

75:34

أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰ ۝٣٤

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Woe to you, and more woe!

awlā laka fa-awl

75:35

ثُمَّ أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰۤ ۝٣٥

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Again, woe to you, and even more woe!

thumma awlā laka fa-awl

75:36

أَیَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ أَن یُتۡرَكَ سُدًى ۝٣٦

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Do people think they will be left without purpose?

ayaḥsabu l-insānu an yut'raka suda

75:37

أَلَمۡ یَكُ نُطۡفَةࣰ مِّن مَّنِیࣲّ یُمۡنَىٰ ۝٣٧

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Were they not ˹once˺ a sperm-drop emitted?

alam yaku nuṭ'fatan min maniyyin yum'n

75:38

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةࣰ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ۝٣٨

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Then they became a clinging clot ˹of blood˺, then He developed and perfected their form,

thumma kāna ʿalaqatan fakhalaqa fasaww

75:39

فَجَعَلَ مِنۡهُ ٱلزَّوۡجَیۡنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰۤ ۝٣٩

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producing from it both sexes, 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 such ˹a Creator˺ unable to bring the dead back to life?

alaysa dhālika biqādirin ʿalā an yuḥ'yiya l-mawt

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