Surah Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection)

Topics in Surah Al-Qiyamah

Study guides that discuss verses of this surah, most connected first.

• The Last Day (Al-Yawm al-Akhir) (11 verses)
• Resurrection (Ba'th) (7 verses)
• Conjecture (Zann) (7 verses)
• Arrogance (Istikbar) (6 verses)
• Death (Mawt) (6 verses)
• Fear (Khawf) (5 verses)
• Sight (Basar) (4 verses)
• Civilization (Hadarah) (4 verses)
• The Holy Quran (Al-Qur'an al-Karim) (4 verses)
• The Self (Nafs) (4 verses)
• The Ummah (3 verses)
• Man (Insan) (3 verses)
• Mountains (Jibal) (3 verses)
• Seeing Allah (Ru'yah) (3 verses)
• Water (Ma') (3 verses)

Read Surah Al-Qiyamah with English translation

1. 75:1

   بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ

   By the Day of Resurrection

2. 75:2

   وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ

   and by the self-reproaching soul!

3. 75:3

   أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ

   Does man think We shall not put his bones back together?

4. 75:4

   بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ

   In fact, We can reshape his very fingertips.

5. 75:5

   بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ

   Yet man wants to deny what is ahead of him:

6. 75:6

   يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ

   he says, ‘So, when will this Day of Resurrection be?’

7. 75:7

   فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ

   When eyes are dazzled

8. 75:8

   وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ

   and the moon eclipsed,

9. 75:9

   وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ

   when the sun and the moon are brought together,

10. 75:10

    يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ

    on that Day man will say, ‘Where can I escape?’

11. 75:11

    كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ

    Truly, there is no refuge:

12. 75:12

    إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ

    they will all return to your Lord on that Day.

13. 75:13

    يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ

    On that Day, man will be told what he put first and what he put last.

14. 75:14

    بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌۭ

    Truly, man is a clear witness against himself,

15. 75:15

    وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ

    despite all the excuses he may put forward.

16. 75:16

    لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ

    [Prophet], do not rush your tongue in an attempt to hasten [your memorization of] the Revelation:

17. 75:17

    إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ

    We shall make sure of its safe collection and recitation.

18. 75:18

    فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ

    When We have recited it, repeat the recitation

19. 75:19

    ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ

    and We shall make it clear.

20. 75:20

    كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ

    Truly you [people] love this fleeting world

21. 75:21

    وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ

    and neglect the life to come.

22. 75:22

    وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ نَّاضِرَةٌ

    On that Day there will be radiant faces,

23. 75:23

    إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌۭ

    looking towards their Lord,

24. 75:24

    وَوُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌۭ

    and on that Day there will be the sad and despairing faces

25. 75:25

    تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌۭ

    of those who realize that a great calamity is about to befall them.

26. 75:26

    كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ

    Truly, when the soul reaches the collarbone;

27. 75:27

    وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍۢ

    when it is said, ‘Could any charm-healer save him now?’;

28. 75:28

    وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ

    when he knows it is the final parting;

29. 75:29

    وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ

    when his legs are brought together:

30. 75:30

    إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ

    on that day he will be driven towards your Lord.

31. 75:31

    فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ

    He neither believed nor prayed,

32. 75:32

    وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

    but denied the truth and turned away,

33. 75:33

    ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ

    walking back to his people with a conceited swagger.

34. 75:34

    أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ

    Closer and closer it comes to you.

35. 75:35

    ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ

    Closer and closer still.

36. 75:36

    أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى

    Does man think he will be left alone?

37. 75:37

    أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةًۭ مِّن مَّنِىٍّۢ يُمْنَىٰ

    Was he not just a drop of spilt-out sperm,

38. 75:38

    ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةًۭ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

    which became a clinging form, which God shaped in due proportion,

39. 75:39

    فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ

    fashioning from it the two sexes, male and female?

40. 75:40

    أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْۦِىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ

    Does He who can do this not have the power to bring the dead back to life?

English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.