The Rising of the Dead, Resurrection — Shabbir Ahmed Translation – Parallel Quran

1 Truth of the Resurrection

۞ لَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِیَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِیَـٰمَةِ ۝١

Nay! I call to witness the Day of Resurrection

lā uq'simu biyawmi l-qiyāmat

وَلَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلنَّفۡسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ ۝٢

Nay, I call to witness the person who shows remorse after wrongdoing. (12:53. Notice the Law taking the first step instantly)

walā uq'simu bil-nafsi l-lawāmat

أَیَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجۡمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ ۝٣

Does the human being think that We will not assemble his bones? ((36:78), (37:16). Life goes on without its essence, the 'Self', undergoing disintegration)

ayaḥsabu l-insānu allan najmaʿa ʿiẓāmah

بَلَىٰ قَـٰدِرِینَ عَلَىٰۤ أَن نُّسَوِّیَ بَنَانَهُۥ ۝٤

Yes indeed, Yes, We have the Power to restore even his finger tips with finger prints

balā qādirīna ʿalā an nusawwiya banānah

بَلۡ یُرِیدُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ لِیَفۡجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ ۝٥

But man is after subverting his own future

bal yurīdu l-insānu liyafjura amāmah

یَسۡءَلُ أَیَّانَ یَوۡمُ ٱلۡقِیَـٰمَةِ ۝٦

(Yet) he asks, "When will this Day of Resurrection be?"

yasalu ayyāna yawmu l-qiyāmat

فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ ۝٧

But when the sight is dazzled

fa-idhā bariqa l-baṣar

وَخَسَفَ ٱلۡقَمَرُ ۝٨

And the moon is darkened. (The banner of the Age of Ignorance bearing the moon logo goes down)

wakhasafa l-qamar

وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ ۝٩

And the sun and the moon are brought together. (Persia and Arabia come under one Rule. Sun being the logo on the Persian banner)

wajumiʿa l-shamsu wal-qamar

یَقُولُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ یَوۡمَىِٕذٍ أَیۡنَ ٱلۡمَفَرُّ ۝١٠

On that Day man will wonder, "Where to flee!" (In this life and in the life to come. Verses 7-10 could easily allude to the merging of the super power of the times, Persia with the newly enlightened Arabia in 642 C.E., 10 years after the exalted Prophet's death)

yaqūlu l-insānu yawma-idhin ayna l-mafar

كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ ۝١١

But, nay! No height to mount above the turmoil

kallā lā wazar

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ یَوۡمَىِٕذٍ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقَرُّ ۝١٢

Unto your Lord that Day is the resting place

ilā rabbika yawma-idhin l-mus'taqar

یُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ یَوۡمَىِٕذِۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ ۝١٣

On the Day when man is apprised of all his acts of commission and omission. (All he has done and left undone. All deeds that advanced him and kept him behind)

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

بَلِ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفۡسِهِۦ بَصِیرَةࣱ ۝١٤

Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself

bali l-insānu ʿalā nafsihi baṣīratu

وَلَوۡ أَلۡقَىٰ مَعَاذِیرَهُۥ ۝١٥

Even though he were to put forward all his excuses

walaw alqā maʿādhīrah

لَا تُحَرِّكۡ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعۡجَلَ بِهِۦۤ ۝١٦

(Now whenever you read the verses of the Qur'an) read not in haste stirring your tongue. (20:114)

lā tuḥarrik bihi lisānaka litaʿjala bih

إِنَّ عَلَیۡنَا جَمۡعَهُۥ وَقُرۡءَانَهُۥ ۝١٧

Behold, it is up to Us to gather it (in your heart) and the reading of it. (He will bless whatever effort we put into learning it)

inna ʿalaynā jamʿahu waqur'ānah

فَإِذَا قَرَأۡنَـٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعۡ قُرۡءَانَهُۥ ۝١٨

Thus, when We read it, follow you the reading. (Allah has revealed the Qur'an, and bestowed upon us the faculty of understanding, hence, "When We read it."

fa-idhā qaranāhu fa-ittabiʿ qur'ānah

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَیۡنَا بَیَانَهُۥ ۝١٩

Then, behold! It is for Us to explain it. (The Qur'an is its own best commentary. It explains itself)

thumma inna ʿalaynā bayānah

كَلَّا بَلۡ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡعَاجِلَةَ ۝٢٠

Nay, but you love instant results

kallā bal tuḥibbūna l-ʿājilat

وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلۡءَاخِرَةَ ۝٢١

And give little thought to the long term. ('Akhirah' = Hereafter = Life to come = Future = Long term = What follows = Subsequent = Enduring. Tomorrow is today's 'Akhira'.

watadharūna l-ākhirat

وُجُوهࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ نَّاضِرَةٌ ۝٢٢

Some faces that Day will beam with happiness

wujūhun yawma-idhin nāḍiratu

إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةࣱ ۝٢٣

Looking up to their Lord

ilā rabbihā nāẓiratu

وَوُجُوهࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذِۭ بَاسِرَةࣱ ۝٢٤

And some faces on that Day will be despondent

wawujūhun yawma-idhin bāsiratu

تَظُنُّ أَن یُفۡعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةࣱ ۝٢٥

Expecting a back breaking calamity

taẓunnu an yuf'ʿala bihā fāqiratu

كَلَّاۤ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِیَ ۝٢٦

Nay, when the last breaths come up to the throat

kallā idhā balaghati l-tarāqiy

وَقِیلَ مَنۡۜ رَاقࣲ ۝٢٧

And those around cry, "Is there any charmer?"

waqīla man rāqi

وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلۡفِرَاقُ ۝٢٨

But he knows that this is the parting

waẓanna annahu l-firāq

وَٱلۡتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ ۝٢٩

And it is pang upon pang

wal-tafati l-sāqu bil-sāq

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ یَوۡمَىِٕذٍ ٱلۡمَسَاقُ ۝٣٠

That day the drive is to your Lord

ilā rabbika yawma-idhin l-masāq

2 The Dead Rise

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ ۝٣١

For he neither stood by the Truth, nor did he follow it. ('Sal'= To follow, like the runners-up horse closely follows the winner = To closely follow the Commands of Allah)

falā ṣaddaqa walā ṣall

وَلَـٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ۝٣٢

Rather, he used to deny and turn away

walākin kadhaba watawall

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰۤ أَهۡلِهِۦ یَتَمَطَّىٰۤ ۝٣٣

And then used to walk back to his folk and his ways gleefully

thumma dhahaba ilā ahlihi yatamaṭṭ

أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰ ۝٣٤

This is the most befitting for you - now this is the most befitting

awlā laka fa-awl

ثُمَّ أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰۤ ۝٣٥

Again! This is the most befitting for you - now this is the most befitting. (The impending requital befits the behavior)

thumma awlā laka fa-awl

أَیَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ أَن یُتۡرَكَ سُدًى ۝٣٦

Does man think he will be left alone like a soundless broken musical string

ayaḥsabu l-insānu an yut'raka suda

أَلَمۡ یَكُ نُطۡفَةࣰ مِّن مَّنِیࣲّ یُمۡنَىٰ ۝٣٧

Was he not gametes that moved to join

alam yaku nuṭ'fatan min maniyyin yum'n

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةࣰ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ۝٣٨

Then he became a zygote. And He shaped and fashioned him in due proportion

thumma kāna ʿalaqatan fakhalaqa fasaww

فَجَعَلَ مِنۡهُ ٱلزَّوۡجَیۡنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰۤ ۝٣٩

And He has made of humans pairs, male and female

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

أَلَیۡسَ ذَ ٰلِكَ بِقَـٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰۤ أَن یُحۡـِۧیَ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ ۝٤٠

Is not He, then, Able to bring the dead to life

alaysa dhālika biqādirin ʿalā an yuḥ'yiya l-mawt

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