Surah Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection)
Surah Al-Qiyamah in Arabic with the English translation of every verse (Saheeh International) and the meaning of each Arabic word. To listen — first the English meaning, then the Arabic recitation — open it in the app.
لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ ﴿1﴾
75:1 I swear by the Day of Resurrection
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لَآ Nay · أُقْسِمُ I swear · بِيَوْمِ by (the) Day · ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ (of) the Resurrection
وَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلنَّفۡسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ ﴿2﴾
75:2 And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
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وَلَآ And nay · أُقْسِمُ I swear · بِٱلنَّفْسِ by the soul · ٱللَّوَّامَةِ self-accusing
أَيَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجۡمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ ﴿3﴾
75:3 Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
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أَيَحْسَبُ Does think · ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ [the] man · أَلَّن that not · نَّجْمَعَ We will assemble · عِظَامَهُۥ his bones
بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهُۥ ﴿4﴾
75:4 Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
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بَلَىٰ Nay · قَـٰدِرِينَ (We are) Able · عَلَىٰٓ on · أَن that · نُّسَوِّىَ We can restore · بَنَانَهُۥ his fingertips
بَلۡ يُرِيدُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفۡجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ ﴿5﴾
75:5 But man desires to continue in sin.
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بَلْ Nay · يُرِيدُ Desires · ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ [the] man · لِيَفْجُرَ to give (the) lie · أَمَامَهُۥ (to) what is before him
يَسۡـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوۡمُ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ ﴿6﴾
75:6 He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
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يَسْـَٔلُ He asks · أَيَّانَ When · يَوْمُ (is the) Day · ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ (of) the Resurrection
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ ﴿7﴾
75:7 So when vision is dazzled
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فَإِذَا So when · بَرِقَ is dazzled · ٱلْبَصَرُ the vision
وَخَسَفَ ٱلۡقَمَرُ ﴿8﴾
75:8 And the moon darkens
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وَخَسَفَ And becomes dark · ٱلْقَمَرُ the moon
وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ ﴿9﴾
75:9 And the sun and the moon are joined,
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وَجُمِعَ And are joined · ٱلشَّمْسُ the sun · وَٱلْقَمَرُ and the moon
يَقُولُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ يَوۡمَئِذٍ أَيۡنَ ٱلۡمَفَرُّ ﴿10﴾
75:10 Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
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يَقُولُ Will say · ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ [the] man · يَوْمَئِذٍ that Day · أَيْنَ Where · ٱلْمَفَرُّ (is) the escape
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ ﴿11﴾
75:11 No! There is no refuge.
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كَلَّا By no means · لَا (There is) no · وَزَرَ refuge
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقَرُّ ﴿12﴾
75:12 To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
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إِلَىٰ To · رَبِّكَ your Lord · يَوْمَئِذٍ that Day · ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ (is) the place of rest
يُنَبَّؤُاْ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ ﴿13﴾
75:13 Man will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
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يُنَبَّؤُا۟ Will be informed · ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ [the] man · يَوْمَئِذٍۭ that Day · بِمَا of what · قَدَّمَ he sent forth · وَأَخَّرَ and kept back
بَلِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفۡسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةࣱ ﴿14﴾
75:14 Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
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بَلِ Nay · ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ [The] man · عَلَىٰ against · نَفْسِهِۦ himself · بَصِيرَةٌۭ (will be) a witness
وَلَوۡ أَلۡقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ ﴿15﴾
75:15 Even if he presents his excuses.
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وَلَوْ Even if · أَلْقَىٰ he presents · مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ his excuses
لَا تُحَرِّكۡ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعۡجَلَ بِهِۦٓ ﴿16﴾
75:16 Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.
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لَا Not · تُحَرِّكْ move · بِهِۦ with it · لِسَانَكَ your tongue · لِتَعْجَلَ to hasten · بِهِۦٓ with it
إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا جَمۡعَهُۥ وَقُرۡءَانَهُۥ ﴿17﴾
75:17 Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
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إِنَّ Indeed · عَلَيْنَا upon Us · جَمْعَهُۥ (is) its collection · وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ and its recitation
فَإِذَا قَرَأۡنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعۡ قُرۡءَانَهُۥ ﴿18﴾
75:18 So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
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فَإِذَا And when · قَرَأْنَـٰهُ We have recited it · فَٱتَّبِعْ then follow · قُرْءَانَهُۥ its recitation
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا بَيَانَهُۥ ﴿19﴾
75:19 Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
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ثُمَّ Then · إِنَّ indeed · عَلَيْنَا upon Us · بَيَانَهُۥ (is) its explanation
كَلَّا بَلۡ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡعَاجِلَةَ ﴿20﴾
75:20 No! But you love the immediate
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كَلَّا No · بَلْ But · تُحِبُّونَ you love · ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ the immediate
وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَ ﴿21﴾
75:21 And leave the Hereafter.
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وَتَذَرُونَ And leave · ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ the Hereafter
وُجُوهࣱ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ نَّاضِرَةٌ ﴿22﴾
75:22 [Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
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وُجُوهٌۭ Faces · يَوْمَئِذٍۢ that Day · نَّاضِرَةٌ (will be) radiant
إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةࣱ ﴿23﴾
75:23 Looking at their Lord.
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إِلَىٰ Towards · رَبِّهَا their Lord · نَاظِرَةٌۭ looking
وَوُجُوهࣱ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بَاسِرَةࣱ ﴿24﴾
75:24 And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
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وَوُجُوهٌۭ And faces · يَوْمَئِذٍۭ that Day · بَاسِرَةٌۭ (will be) distorted
تَظُنُّ أَن يُفۡعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةࣱ ﴿25﴾
75:25 Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
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تَظُنُّ Thinking · أَن that · يُفْعَلَ will be done · بِهَا to them · فَاقِرَةٌۭ backbreaking
كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِيَ ﴿26﴾
75:26 No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
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كَلَّآ No · إِذَا When · بَلَغَتِ it reaches · ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ the collar bones
وَقِيلَ مَنۡۜ رَاقࣲ ﴿27﴾
75:27 And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
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وَقِيلَ And it is said · مَنْ ۜ Who · رَاقٍۢ (will) cure
وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلۡفِرَاقُ ﴿28﴾
75:28 And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
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وَظَنَّ And he is certain · أَنَّهُ that it · ٱلْفِرَاقُ (is) the parting
وَٱلۡتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ ﴿29﴾
75:29 And the leg is wound about the leg,
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وَٱلْتَفَّتِ And is wound · ٱلسَّاقُ the leg · بِٱلسَّاقِ about the leg
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡمَسَاقُ ﴿30﴾
75:30 To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
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إِلَىٰ To · رَبِّكَ your Lord · يَوْمَئِذٍ that Day · ٱلْمَسَاقُ (will be) the driving
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ ﴿31﴾
75:31 And the disbeliever had not believed, nor had he prayed.
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فَلَا And not · صَدَّقَ he accepted (the) truth · وَلَا and not · صَلَّىٰ he prayed
وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ﴿32﴾
75:32 But [instead], he denied and turned away.
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وَلَـٰكِن But · كَذَّبَ he denied · وَتَوَلَّىٰ and turned away
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ ﴿33﴾
75:33 And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
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ثُمَّ Then · ذَهَبَ he went · إِلَىٰٓ to · أَهْلِهِۦ his family · يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ swaggering
أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰ ﴿34﴾
75:34 Woe to you, and woe!
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أَوْلَىٰ Woe · لَكَ to you · فَأَوْلَىٰ and woe
ثُمَّ أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰٓ ﴿35﴾
75:35 Then woe to you, and woe!
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ثُمَّ Then · أَوْلَىٰ woe · لَكَ to you · فَأَوْلَىٰٓ and woe
أَيَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتۡرَكَ سُدًى ﴿36﴾
75:36 Does man think that he will be left neglected?
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أَيَحْسَبُ Does think · ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ man · أَن that · يُتْرَكَ he will be left · سُدًى neglected
أَلَمۡ يَكُ نُطۡفَةࣰ مِّن مَّنِيࣲّ يُمۡنَىٰ ﴿37﴾
75:37 Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
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أَلَمْ Was not · يَكُ he · نُطْفَةًۭ a semen-drop · مِّن of · مَّنِىٍّۢ semen · يُمْنَىٰ emitted
ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةࣰ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ﴿38﴾
75:38 Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
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ثُمَّ Then · كَانَ he was · عَلَقَةًۭ a clinging substance · فَخَلَقَ then He created · فَسَوَّىٰ and proportioned
فَجَعَلَ مِنۡهُ ٱلزَّوۡجَيۡنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰٓ ﴿39﴾
75:39 And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
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فَجَعَلَ Then made · مِنْهُ of him · ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ two kinds · ٱلذَّكَرَ (the) male · وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ and the female
أَلَيۡسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحۡـِۧيَ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ ﴿40﴾
75:40 Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?
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أَلَيْسَ Is not · ذَٰلِكَ [that] · بِقَـٰدِرٍ (He) Able · عَلَىٰٓ [over] · أَن to · يُحْـِۧىَ give life · ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ (to) the dead