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Surah Al-Qiyamah

The Resurrection
Surah 75 40 ayat Revealed in Mecca
An oath by the Day of Rising and by the self-reproaching soul, and the promise that some faces that Day will be radiant, looking at their Lord.

Featured in the app’s pause: 75:36.

why this surah matters

Al-Qiyamah swears by the Day of Rising and by the self-reproaching soul, an-nafs al-lawwamah, the conscience that stings after every slip. That sting is honoured with an oath: it is a sign of life.

The surah asks (75:36): does man think he will be left neglected, aimless, unaccounted for? And it describes faces on that Day radiant, looking at their Lord: the destination of those who did not live unaccounted.

living Al-Qiyamah
Honour the sting

The regret you feel after a lost hour online is the lawwamah doing its job. Do not numb it with another scroll; act on it once and it grows stronger. Ignore it long enough and it goes quiet. Keep it loud.

Not left aimless

75:36 is the answer to the feeling of drifting. You are not suda, unaccounted for. A person with an appointment lives differently. So does a person who remembers they have one.

Love the immediate less

75:20: but you love the immediate and leave the Hereafter. Notifications are the immediate, engineered. Delay is a spiritual skill; practice it on small things daily.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ
I swear by the Day of Resurrection,
AL-QIYAMAH · 75:1
وَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلنَّفۡسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ
and I swear by the self-reproaching soul[1]!
AL-QIYAMAH · 75:2
أَيَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجۡمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ
Does man think that We cannot reassemble his bones?
AL-QIYAMAH · 75:3
بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهُۥ
In fact, We are able to restore even his very fingertips.
AL-QIYAMAH · 75:4
بَلۡ يُرِيدُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفۡجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ
But man desires to persist in sin[2],
AL-QIYAMAH · 75:5
يَسۡـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوۡمُ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ
and asks [mockingly], “When is the Day of Resurrection?”
AL-QIYAMAH · 75:6
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ
But when the sight is dazzled,
AL-QIYAMAH · 75:7
وَخَسَفَ ٱلۡقَمَرُ
and the moon is darkened,
AL-QIYAMAH · 75:8
وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ
and the sun and the moon are brought together[3],
AL-QIYAMAH · 75:9
يَقُولُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ يَوۡمَئِذٍ أَيۡنَ ٱلۡمَفَرُّ
on that Day man will say, “Where is the escape?”
AL-QIYAMAH · 75:10
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ
No indeed! There will be no refuge.
AL-QIYAMAH · 75:11
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقَرُّ
On that Day all will end up before your Lord.
AL-QIYAMAH · 75:12
يُنَبَّؤُاْ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ
On that Day man will be informed of what he has sent forth[4] and left behind[5].
AL-QIYAMAH · 75:13
بَلِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفۡسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٞ
In fact, man will be a witness against himself[6],
AL-QIYAMAH · 75:14
وَلَوۡ أَلۡقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ
despite the excuses he may put forward.
AL-QIYAMAH · 75:15
لَا تُحَرِّكۡ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعۡجَلَ بِهِۦٓ
Do not move your tongue [O Prophet] in haste trying to memorize it.
AL-QIYAMAH · 75:16
إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا جَمۡعَهُۥ وَقُرۡءَانَهُۥ
It is upon Us to make you memorize and recite it.
AL-QIYAMAH · 75:17
فَإِذَا قَرَأۡنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعۡ قُرۡءَانَهُۥ
Then when We recite it [through Gabriel], follow its recitation attentively;
AL-QIYAMAH · 75:18
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا بَيَانَهُۥ
then it is upon Us to explain its meanings.
AL-QIYAMAH · 75:19
كَلَّا بَلۡ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡعَاجِلَةَ
No indeed! You [people] love this fleeting world,
AL-QIYAMAH · 75:20
وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَ
and neglect the Hereafter.
AL-QIYAMAH · 75:21
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ نَّاضِرَةٌ
On that Day some faces will be bright,
AL-QIYAMAH · 75:22
إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٞ
looking at their Lord[7].
AL-QIYAMAH · 75:23
وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بَاسِرَةٞ
And on that Day, some faces will be gloomy,
AL-QIYAMAH · 75:24
تَظُنُّ أَن يُفۡعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٞ
knowing that a crushing calamity will befall them.
AL-QIYAMAH · 75:25
كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِيَ
Indeed, when the soul reaches the throat[8],
AL-QIYAMAH · 75:26
وَقِيلَ مَنۡۜ رَاقٖ
and it is said, “Is there any healer?”
AL-QIYAMAH · 75:27
وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلۡفِرَاقُ
And he realizes that it is time to depart,
AL-QIYAMAH · 75:28
وَٱلۡتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ
when legs are brought together [in a shroud][9];
AL-QIYAMAH · 75:29
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡمَسَاقُ
on that Day, he will be driven to your Lord.
AL-QIYAMAH · 75:30
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ
He neither believed nor prayed;
AL-QIYAMAH · 75:31
وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
rather he denied and turned away,
AL-QIYAMAH · 75:32
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ
then he went to his people, elated with pride,
AL-QIYAMAH · 75:33
أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰ
Woe to you, and woe!
AL-QIYAMAH · 75:34
ثُمَّ أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰٓ
Again, woe to you, and woe!
AL-QIYAMAH · 75:35
أَلَمۡ يَكُ نُطۡفَةٗ مِّن مَّنِيّٖ يُمۡنَىٰ
Was he not once a drop of semen emitted,
AL-QIYAMAH · 75:37
ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةٗ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
then he became a clinging clot[11], then He created him and perfected his form,
AL-QIYAMAH · 75:38
فَجَعَلَ مِنۡهُ ٱلزَّوۡجَيۡنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰٓ
and made from him both genders, male and female?
AL-QIYAMAH · 75:39
أَلَيۡسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحۡـِۧيَ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ
Is not He able to bring the dead back to life?
AL-QIYAMAH · 75:40
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