Al-Qiyamah
القيامة
The Resurrection · 40 ayahs
- 1
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ
Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;
- 2
وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ
and nay, I swear by the self-reproaching soul!
- 3
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ
Does man imagine that We will not be able to bring his bones together again?
- 4
بَلَىٰ قَـٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ
Yes indeed; We have the power to remould even his finger-tips.
- 5
بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ
But man desires to persist in his evil ways.
- 6
يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ
He asks: “When will the Day of Resurrection be?”
- 7
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ
When the sight is dazed,
- 8
وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ
and the moon is eclipsed,
- 9
وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ
and the sun and the moon are joined together,
- 10
يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ
on that Day will man say: “Whither the refuge?”