The Rising of the Dead, Resurrection — N J Dawood 2014 Translation – Parallel Quran

1 Truth of the Resurrection

۞ لَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِیَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِیَـٰمَةِ ۝١

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I SWEAR by the Day of Resurrection

lā uq'simu biyawmi l-qiyāmat

وَلَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلنَّفۡسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ ۝٢

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and by the self-reproaching soul

walā uq'simu bil-nafsi l-lawāmat

أَیَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجۡمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ ۝٣

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Does man think We shall never put his bones together again

ayaḥsabu l-insānu allan najmaʿa ʿiẓāmah

بَلَىٰ قَـٰدِرِینَ عَلَىٰۤ أَن نُّسَوِّیَ بَنَانَهُۥ ۝٤

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Indeed, We can remould his very fingers

balā qādirīna ʿalā an nusawwiya banānah

بَلۡ یُرِیدُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ لِیَفۡجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ ۝٥

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Yet man would ever deny what is to come

bal yurīdu l-insānu liyafjura amāmah

یَسۡءَلُ أَیَّانَ یَوۡمُ ٱلۡقِیَـٰمَةِ ۝٦

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‘When will this be,‘ he asks, ‘this Day of Resurrection?‘

yasalu ayyāna yawmu l-qiyāmat

فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ ۝٧

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But when the sight of mortals is confounde

fa-idhā bariqa l-baṣar

وَخَسَفَ ٱلۡقَمَرُ ۝٨

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and the moon eclipsed

wakhasafa l-qamar

وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ ۝٩

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when sun and moon are joined togethe

wajumiʿa l-shamsu wal-qamar

یَقُولُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ یَوۡمَىِٕذٍ أَیۡنَ ٱلۡمَفَرُّ ۝١٠

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on that day man will ask: ‘Whither shall I flee?‘

yaqūlu l-insānu yawma-idhin ayna l-mafar

كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ ۝١١

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No, there shall be no refuge

kallā lā wazar

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ یَوۡمَىِٕذٍ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقَرُّ ۝١٢

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for to your Lord, on that day, all shall be restored

ilā rabbika yawma-idhin l-mus'taqar

یُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ یَوۡمَىِٕذِۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ ۝١٣

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Indeed, man shall on that day be told of all he did, from first to last

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

بَلِ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفۡسِهِۦ بَصِیرَةࣱ ۝١٤

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Indeed, man shall bear witness against himself

bali l-insānu ʿalā nafsihi baṣīratu

وَلَوۡ أَلۡقَىٰ مَعَاذِیرَهُۥ ۝١٥

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plead as he may with his excuses

walaw alqā maʿādhīrah

لَا تُحَرِّكۡ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعۡجَلَ بِهِۦۤ ۝١٦

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(You¹ need not move your tongue too fast to learn this revelation

lā tuḥarrik bihi lisānaka litaʿjala bih

إِنَّ عَلَیۡنَا جَمۡعَهُۥ وَقُرۡءَانَهُۥ ۝١٧

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We Ourself shall see to its collection and recital

inna ʿalaynā jamʿahu waqur'ānah

فَإِذَا قَرَأۡنَـٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعۡ قُرۡءَانَهُۥ ۝١٨

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When We read it, follow its words attentively

fa-idhā qaranāhu fa-ittabiʿ qur'ānah

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَیۡنَا بَیَانَهُۥ ۝١٩

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We shall Ourself explain its meaning.

thumma inna ʿalaynā bayānah

كَلَّا بَلۡ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡعَاجِلَةَ ۝٢٠

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No! But you² love this fleeting life

kallā bal tuḥibbūna l-ʿājilat

وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلۡءَاخِرَةَ ۝٢١

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and ignore the life to come

watadharūna l-ākhirat

وُجُوهࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ نَّاضِرَةٌ ۝٢٢

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On that day there shall be joyous faces

wujūhun yawma-idhin nāḍiratu

إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةࣱ ۝٢٣

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looking towards their Lord

ilā rabbihā nāẓiratu

وَوُجُوهࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذِۭ بَاسِرَةࣱ ۝٢٤

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On that day there shall be mournful faces

wawujūhun yawma-idhin bāsiratu

تَظُنُّ أَن یُفۡعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةࣱ ۝٢٥

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dreading some great affliction

taẓunnu an yuf'ʿala bihā fāqiratu

كَلَّاۤ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِیَ ۝٢٦

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No! But when a man‘s soul is about to leave hi

kallā idhā balaghati l-tarāqiy

وَقِیلَ مَنۡۜ رَاقࣲ ۝٢٧

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and those around him say: ‘Will no one save him?‘

waqīla man rāqi

وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلۡفِرَاقُ ۝٢٨

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When he knows it is the final partin

waẓanna annahu l-firāq

وَٱلۡتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ ۝٢٩

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and leg and leg are twined ―

wal-tafati l-sāqu bil-sāq

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ یَوۡمَىِٕذٍ ٱلۡمَسَاقُ ۝٣٠

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on that day to your Lord he shall be driven

ilā rabbika yawma-idhin l-masāq

2 The Dead Rise

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ ۝٣١

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For in this life he neither believed nor prayed

falā ṣaddaqa walā ṣall

وَلَـٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ۝٣٢

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he denied the Truth and, turning his back

walākin kadhaba watawall

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰۤ أَهۡلِهِۦ یَتَمَطَّىٰۤ ۝٣٣

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went to his kin elated with pride

thumma dhahaba ilā ahlihi yatamaṭṭ

أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰ ۝٣٤

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Well have you deserved this doom; well have you deserved it

awlā laka fa-awl

ثُمَّ أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰۤ ۝٣٥

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Well have you deserved this doom: too well have you deserved it

thumma awlā laka fa-awl

أَیَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ أَن یُتۡرَكَ سُدًى ۝٣٦

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Does man think he will be left alone, to no purpose

ayaḥsabu l-insānu an yut'raka suda

أَلَمۡ یَكُ نُطۡفَةࣰ مِّن مَّنِیࣲّ یُمۡنَىٰ ۝٣٧

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Was he not a drop of ejaculated semen

alam yaku nuṭ'fatan min maniyyin yum'n

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةࣰ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ۝٣٨

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He became a clot of blood;³ then God formed and moulded him

thumma kāna ʿalaqatan fakhalaqa fasaww

فَجَعَلَ مِنۡهُ ٱلزَّوۡجَیۡنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰۤ ۝٣٩

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and gave him male and female parts

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

أَلَیۡسَ ذَ ٰلِكَ بِقَـٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰۤ أَن یُحۡـِۧیَ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ ۝٤٠

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Has He no power, then, to raise the dead to life

alaysa dhālika biqādirin ʿalā an yuḥ'yiya l-mawt

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