Tafseer Translation

{1} بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ

I swear by the Day of Resurrection

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{2} وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ

And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].

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{3} أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ

Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

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{4} بَلَىٰ قَـٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ

Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.

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{5} بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ

But man desires to continue in sin.

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{6} يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ

He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"

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{7} فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ

So when vision is dazzled

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{8} وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ

And the moon darkens

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{9} وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ

And the sun and the moon are joined,

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{10} يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ

Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"

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{11} كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ

No! There is no refuge.

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{12} إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ

To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.

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{13} يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ

Man will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.

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{14} بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌۭ

Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,

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{15} وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ

Even if he presents his excuses.

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{16} لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ

Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.

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{17} إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ

Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.

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{18} فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَـٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ

So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.

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{19} ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ

Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].

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{20} كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ

No! But you love the immediate

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{21} وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ

And leave the Hereafter.

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{22} وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ نَّاضِرَةٌ

[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,

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{23} إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌۭ

Looking at their Lord.

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{24} وَوُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌۭ

And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,

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{25} تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌۭ

Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.

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{26} كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ

No! When the soul has reached the collar bones

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{27} وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍۢ

And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"

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{28} وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ

And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation

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{29} وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ

And the leg is wound about the leg,

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{30} إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ

To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.

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{31} فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ

And the disbeliever had not believed, nor had he prayed.

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{32} وَلَـٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

But [instead], he denied and turned away.

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{33} ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ

And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].

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{34} أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ

Woe to you, and woe!

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{35} ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ

Then woe to you, and woe!

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{36} أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى

Does man think that he will be left neglected?

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{37} أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةًۭ مِّن مَّنِىٍّۢ يُمْنَىٰ

Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

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{38} ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةًۭ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]

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{39} فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ

And made of him two mates, the male and the female.

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{40} أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَـٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْـِۧىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ

Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?

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