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Translation of the meanings Surah: Al-Qiyāmah   Ayah:
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Al-Qiyāmah

Ayah: 1

لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ
I swear by the Day of Resurrection,
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Ayah: 2

وَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلنَّفۡسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ
and I swear by the self-reproaching soul[1]!
[1] Of the believer, which blames oneself whenever falls into sin or error.
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Ayah: 3

أَيَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجۡمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ
Does man think that We cannot reassemble his bones?
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Ayah: 4

بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهُۥ
In fact, We are able to restore even his very fingertips.
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Ayah: 5

بَلۡ يُرِيدُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفۡجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ
But man desires to persist in sin[2],
[2] While denying the coming of the Day of Judgment.
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Ayah: 6

يَسۡـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوۡمُ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ
and asks [mockingly], “When is the Day of Resurrection?”
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Ayah: 7

فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ
But when the sight is dazzled,
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Ayah: 8

وَخَسَفَ ٱلۡقَمَرُ
and the moon is darkened,
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Ayah: 9

وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ
and the sun and the moon are brought together[3],
[3] They both have never been together since they were created. On this Day they will be brought together, darkened, and both will be thrown into the Hell; so that all should know that they were subservient created beings, especially those who worshiped them.
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Ayah: 10

يَقُولُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ يَوۡمَئِذٍ أَيۡنَ ٱلۡمَفَرُّ
on that Day man will say, “Where is the escape?”
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Ayah: 11

كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ
No indeed! There will be no refuge.
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Ayah: 12

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقَرُّ
On that Day all will end up before your Lord.
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Ayah: 13

يُنَبَّؤُاْ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ
On that Day man will be informed of what he has sent forth[4] and left behind[5].
[4] i.e., of his deeds for the Hereafter.
[5] i.e., that which he failed to do.
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Ayah: 14

بَلِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفۡسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٞ
In fact, man will be a witness against himself[6],
[6] His organs will testify against him, as mentioned in 36:65 and 41:20-23.
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Ayah: 15

وَلَوۡ أَلۡقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ
despite the excuses he may put forward.
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Ayah: 16

لَا تُحَرِّكۡ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعۡجَلَ بِهِۦٓ
Do not move your tongue [O Prophet] in haste trying to memorize it.
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Ayah: 17

إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا جَمۡعَهُۥ وَقُرۡءَانَهُۥ
It is upon Us to make you memorize and recite it.
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Ayah: 18

فَإِذَا قَرَأۡنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعۡ قُرۡءَانَهُۥ
Then when We recite it [through Gabriel], follow its recitation attentively;
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Ayah: 19

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا بَيَانَهُۥ
then it is upon Us to explain its meanings.
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Ayah: 20

كَلَّا بَلۡ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡعَاجِلَةَ
No indeed! You [people] love this fleeting world,
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Ayah: 21

وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَ
and neglect the Hereafter.
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Ayah: 22

وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ نَّاضِرَةٌ
On that Day some faces will be bright,
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Ayah: 23

إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٞ
looking at their Lord[7].
[7] The dwellers of Paradise will be granted the honor of actually seeing their Lord in the Hereafter.
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Ayah: 24

وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بَاسِرَةٞ
And on that Day, some faces will be gloomy,
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Ayah: 25

تَظُنُّ أَن يُفۡعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٞ
knowing that a crushing calamity will befall them.
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Ayah: 26

كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِيَ
Indeed, when the soul reaches the throat[8],
[8] Upon death.
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Ayah: 27

وَقِيلَ مَنۡۜ رَاقٖ
and it is said, “Is there any healer?”
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Ayah: 28

وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلۡفِرَاقُ
And he realizes that it is time to depart,
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Ayah: 29

وَٱلۡتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ
when legs are brought together [in a shroud][9];
[9] The difficulties the person faces while leaving this world and moving on to the Hereafter; or the people arrange for the departure of his body, while angels arrange for the departure of his soul.
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Ayah: 30

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡمَسَاقُ
on that Day, he will be driven to your Lord.
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Ayah: 31

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ
He neither believed nor prayed;
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Ayah: 32

وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
rather he denied and turned away,
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Ayah: 33

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ
then he went to his people, elated with pride,
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Ayah: 34

أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰ
Woe to you, and woe!
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Ayah: 35

ثُمَّ أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰٓ
Again, woe to you, and woe!
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Ayah: 36

أَيَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتۡرَكَ سُدًى
Does man think that he will be left neglected[10]?
[10] i.e., without purpose and responsibility, or without returning to Allah for account.
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Ayah: 37

أَلَمۡ يَكُ نُطۡفَةٗ مِّن مَّنِيّٖ يُمۡنَىٰ
Was he not once a drop of semen emitted,
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Ayah: 38

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةٗ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
then he became a clinging clot[11], then He created him and perfected his form,
[11] "‘Alaqah": an embryo that resembles a leech.
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Ayah: 39

فَجَعَلَ مِنۡهُ ٱلزَّوۡجَيۡنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰٓ
and made from him both genders, male and female?
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Ayah: 40

أَلَيۡسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحۡـِۧيَ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ
Is not He able to bring the dead back to life?
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