Surah Al-Qiyamah in English: word by word, transliteration

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Transliteration bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi

English In the name of Allāh, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

1. بِسْمِbis'miIn (the) name
2. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
3. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmānithe Most Gracious
4. ٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmithe Most Merciful

لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ

Transliteration lā uq'simu biyawmi l-qiyāmati

English I swear by the Day of Resurrection

1. لَآlāNay
2. أُقْسِمُuq'simuI swear
3. بِيَوْمِbiyawmiby (the) Day
4. ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection

وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ

Transliteration walā uq'simu bil-nafsi l-lawāmati

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

1. وَلَآwalāAnd nay
2. أُقْسِمُuq'simuI swear
3. بِٱلنَّفْسِbil-nafsiby the soul
4. ٱللَّوَّامَةِl-lawāmatiself-accusing

أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ

Transliteration ayaḥsabu l-insānu allan najmaʿa ʿiẓāmahu

English Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

1. أَيَحْسَبُayaḥsabuDoes think
2. ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānu[the] man
3. أَلَّنallanthat not
4. نَّجْمَعَnajmaʿaWe will assemble
5. عِظَامَهُۥʿiẓāmahuhis bones

بَلَىٰ قَـٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ

Transliteration balā qādirīna ʿalā an nusawwiya banānahu

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

1. بَلَىٰbalāNay
2. قَـٰدِرِينَqādirīna(We are) Able
3. عَلَىٰٓʿalāon
4. أَنanthat
5. نُّسَوِّىَnusawwiyaWe can restore
6. بَنَانَهُۥbanānahuhis fingertips

بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ

Transliteration bal yurīdu l-insānu liyafjura amāmahu

English But man desires to continue in sin.

1. بَلْbalNay
2. يُرِيدُyurīduDesires
3. ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānu[the] man
4. لِيَفْجُرَliyafjurato give (the) lie
5. أَمَامَهُۥamāmahu(to) what is before him

يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ

Transliteration yasalu ayyāna yawmu l-qiyāmati

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

1. يَسْـَٔلُyasaluHe asks
2. أَيَّانَayyānaWhen
3. يَوْمُyawmu(is the) Day
4. ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection

فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ

Transliteration fa-idhā bariqa l-baṣaru

English So when vision is dazzled.

1. فَإِذَاfa-idhāSo when
2. بَرِقَbariqais dazzled
3. ٱلْبَصَرُl-baṣaruthe vision

وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ

Transliteration wakhasafa l-qamaru

English And the moon darkens.

1. وَخَسَفَwakhasafaAnd becomes dark
2. ٱلْقَمَرُl-qamaruthe moon

وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ

Transliteration wajumiʿa l-shamsu wal-qamaru

English And the sun and the moon are joined,

1. وَجُمِعَwajumiʿaAnd are joined
2. ٱلشَّمْسُl-shamsuthe sun
3. وَٱلْقَمَرُwal-qamaruand the moon

يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ

Transliteration yaqūlu l-insānu yawma-idhin ayna l-mafaru

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

1. يَقُولُyaqūluWill say
2. ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānu[the] man
3. يَوْمَئِذٍyawma-idhinthat Day
4. أَيْنَaynaWhere
5. ٱلْمَفَرُّl-mafaru(is) the escape

كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ

Transliteration kallā lā wazara

English No! There is no refuge.

1. كَلَّاkallāBy no means
2. لَاlā(There is) no
3. وَزَرَwazararefuge

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ

Transliteration ilā rabbika yawma-idhin l-mus'taqaru

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

1. إِلَىٰilāTo
2. رَبِّكَrabbikayour Lord
3. يَوْمَئِذٍyawma-idhinthat Day
4. ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّl-mus'taqaru(is) the place of rest

يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ

Transliteration yunabba-u l-insānu yawma-idhin bimā qaddama wa-akhara

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

1. يُنَبَّؤُا۟yunabba-uWill be informed
2. ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānu[the] man
3. يَوْمَئِذٍۭyawma-idhinthat Day
4. بِمَاbimāof what
5. قَدَّمَqaddamahe sent forth
6. وَأَخَّرَwa-akharaand kept back

بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌ

Transliteration bali l-insānu ʿalā nafsihi baṣīratun

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

1. بَلِbaliNay
2. ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānu[The] man
3. عَلَىٰʿalāagainst
4. نَفْسِهِۦnafsihihimself
5. بَصِيرَةٌۭbaṣīratun(will be) a witness

وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ

Transliteration walaw alqā maʿādhīrahu

English Even if he presents his excuses.

1. وَلَوْwalawEven if
2. أَلْقَىٰalqāhe presents
3. مَعَاذِيرَهُۥmaʿādhīrahuhis excuses

لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ

Transliteration lā tuḥarrik bihi lisānaka litaʿjala bihi

English Move not your tongue with it, [O Muḥammad], to hasten with it [i.e., recitation of the Qur’ān].

1. لَاlāNot
2. تُحَرِّكْtuḥarrikmove
3. بِهِۦbihiwith it
4. لِسَانَكَlisānakayour tongue
5. لِتَعْجَلَlitaʿjalato hasten
6. بِهِۦٓbihiwith it

إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ

Transliteration inna ʿalaynā jamʿahu waqur'ānahu

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

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāupon Us
3. جَمْعَهُۥjamʿahu(is) its collection
4. وَقُرْءَانَهُۥwaqur'ānahuand its recitation

فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَـٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ

Transliteration fa-idhā qaranāhu fa-ittabiʿ qur'ānahu

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

1. فَإِذَاfa-idhāAnd when
2. قَرَأْنَـٰهُqaranāhuWe have recited it
3. فَٱتَّبِعْfa-ittabiʿthen follow
4. قُرْءَانَهُۥqur'ānahuits recitation

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ

Transliteration thumma inna ʿalaynā bayānahu

English Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].

1. ثُمَّthummaThen
2. إِنَّinnaindeed
3. عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāupon Us
4. بَيَانَهُۥbayānahu(is) its explanation

كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ

Transliteration kallā bal tuḥibbūna l-ʿājilata

English No! But you [i.e., mankind] love the immediate

1. كَلَّاkallāNo
2. بَلْbalBut
3. تُحِبُّونَtuḥibbūnayou love
4. ٱلْعَاجِلَةَl-ʿājilatathe immediate

وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ

Transliteration watadharūna l-ākhirata

English And leave [i.e., neglect] the Hereafter.

1. وَتَذَرُونَwatadharūnaAnd leave
2. ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَl-ākhiratathe Hereafter

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ

Transliteration wujūhun yawma-idhin nāḍiratun

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

1. وُجُوهٌۭwujūhunFaces
2. يَوْمَئِذٍۢyawma-idhinthat Day
3. نَّاضِرَةٌnāḍiratun(will be) radiant

إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ

Transliteration ilā rabbihā nāẓiratun

English Looking at their Lord.

1. إِلَىٰilāTowards
2. رَبِّهَاrabbihātheir Lord
3. نَاظِرَةٌۭnāẓiratunlooking

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌ

Transliteration wawujūhun yawma-idhin bāsiratun

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

1. وَوُجُوهٌۭwawujūhunAnd faces
2. يَوْمَئِذٍۭyawma-idhinthat Day
3. بَاسِرَةٌۭbāsiratun(will be) distorted

تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ

Transliteration taẓunnu an yuf'ʿala bihā fāqiratun

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

1. تَظُنُّtaẓunnuThinking
2. أَنanthat
3. يُفْعَلَyuf'ʿalawill be done
4. بِهَاbihāto them
5. فَاقِرَةٌۭfāqiratunbackbreaking

كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ

Transliteration kallā idhā balaghati l-tarāqiya

English No! When it [i.e., the soul] has reached the collar bones

1. كَلَّآkallāNo
2. إِذَاidhāWhen
3. بَلَغَتِbalaghatiit reaches
4. ٱلتَّرَاقِىَl-tarāqiyathe collar bones

وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍ

Transliteration waqīla man rāqin

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

1. وَقِيلَwaqīlaAnd it is said
2. مَنْ ۜmanWho
3. رَاقٍۢrāqin(will) cure

وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ

Transliteration waẓanna annahu l-firāqu

English And he [i.e., the dying one] is certain that it is the [time of] separation

1. وَظَنَّwaẓannaAnd he is certain
2. أَنَّهُannahuthat it
3. ٱلْفِرَاقُl-firāqu(is) the parting

وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ

Transliteration wal-tafati l-sāqu bil-sāqi

English And the leg is wound about the leg,

1. وَٱلْتَفَّتِwal-tafatiAnd is wound
2. ٱلسَّاقُl-sāquthe leg
3. بِٱلسَّاقِbil-sāqiabout the leg

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ

Transliteration ilā rabbika yawma-idhin l-masāqu

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

1. إِلَىٰilāTo
2. رَبِّكَrabbikayour Lord
3. يَوْمَئِذٍyawma-idhinthat Day
4. ٱلْمَسَاقُl-masāqu(will be) the driving

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ

Transliteration falā ṣaddaqa walā ṣallā

English And he [i.e., the disbeliever] had not believed, nor had he prayed.

1. فَلَاfalāAnd not
2. صَدَّقَṣaddaqahe accepted (the) truth
3. وَلَاwalāand not
4. صَلَّىٰṣallāhe prayed

وَلَـٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

Transliteration walākin kadhaba watawallā

English But [instead], he denied and turned away.

1. وَلَـٰكِنwalākinBut
2. كَذَّبَkadhabahe denied
3. وَتَوَلَّىٰwatawallāand turned away

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ

Transliteration thumma dhahaba ilā ahlihi yatamaṭṭā

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

1. ثُمَّthummaThen
2. ذَهَبَdhahabahe went
3. إِلَىٰٓilāto
4. أَهْلِهِۦahlihihis family
5. يَتَمَطَّىٰٓyatamaṭṭāswaggering

أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ

Transliteration awlā laka fa-awlā

English Woe to you, and woe!

1. أَوْلَىٰawlāWoe
2. لَكَlakato you
3. فَأَوْلَىٰfa-awlāand woe

ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ

Transliteration thumma awlā laka fa-awlā

English Then woe to you, and woe!

1. ثُمَّthummaThen
2. أَوْلَىٰawlāwoe
3. لَكَlakato you
4. فَأَوْلَىٰٓfa-awlāand woe

أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى

Transliteration ayaḥsabu l-insānu an yut'raka sudan

English Does man think that he will be left neglected?

1. أَيَحْسَبُayaḥsabuDoes think
2. ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānuman
3. أَنanthat
4. يُتْرَكَyut'rakahe will be left
5. سُدًىsudanneglected

أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِىٍّ يُمْنَىٰ

Transliteration alam yaku nuṭ'fatan min maniyyin yum'nā

English Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

1. أَلَمْalamWas not
2. يَكُyakuhe
3. نُطْفَةًۭnuṭ'fatana semen-drop
4. مِّنminof
5. مَّنِىٍّۢmaniyyinsemen
6. يُمْنَىٰyum'nāemitted

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

Transliteration thumma kāna ʿalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwā

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

1. ثُمَّthummaThen
2. كَانَkānahe was
3. عَلَقَةًۭʿalaqatana clinging substance
4. فَخَلَقَfakhalaqathen He created
5. فَسَوَّىٰfasawwāand proportioned

فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ

Transliteration fajaʿala min'hu l-zawjayni l-dhakara wal-unthā

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

1. فَجَعَلَfajaʿalaThen made
2. مِنْهُmin'huof him
3. ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِl-zawjaynitwo kinds
4. ٱلذَّكَرَl-dhakara(the) male
5. وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓwal-unthāand the female

أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَـٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْـِۧىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ

Transliteration alaysa dhālika biqādirin ʿalā an yuḥ'yiya l-mawtā

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

1. أَلَيْسَalaysaIs not
2. ذَٰلِكَdhālika[that]
3. بِقَـٰدِرٍbiqādirin(He) Able
4. عَلَىٰٓʿalā[over]
5. أَنanto
6. يُحْـِۧىَyuḥ'yiyagive life
7. ٱلْمَوْتَىٰl-mawtā(to) the dead