| y_ali | asad | literal | tlt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. * | I do call to witness the Resurrection Day; | NAY! I call to witness the Day of Resurrection! [2]1 | I do not swear/make oath with the Resurrection Day | swr+ alqyam+ bsm allh alrHmn alrHym ? laaqsm bywm alqyam+ | |||
| 2. * | And I do call to witness the self-reproaching spirit: (Eschew Evil). | But nay! I call to witness the accusing voice of man's own conscience! [3]2 | And nor I swear/make oath with the self, the often blaming/reprimanding. | wlaaqsm balnfs allwam+ | |||
| 3. * | Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones? | Does man think that We cannot [resurrect him and] bring his bones together again? | Does the human/mankind think/suppose that We (will) not gather/unite his bones? | ayHsb alansan aln njm` `Zamh | |||
| 4. * | Nay, We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers. | Yea indeed, We are able to make whole his very finger-tips! | Yes/certainly We are capable/able on that (E) We straighten (recreate) his fingertip (finger print). | bli qadryn `li an nswy bnanh | |||
| 5. * | But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in front of him. | None the less man chooses to deny what lies ahead of him, | Rather the human/mankind wants to debauch/corrupt in front of him. | bl yryd alansan lyfjr amamh | |||
| 6. * | He questions: "When is the Day of Resurrection?" | asking [derisively], "When is that Resurrection Day to be?" | He asks/questions: "When (is) the Resurrection Day?" | ysAl ayan ywm alqyam+ | |||
| 7. * | At length, when the sight is dazed, | But [on that Day,] when the eyesight is by fear confounded, | So if/when the eye sight/vision glared/gleamed/confused and astonished. | faXa brq albSr | |||
| 8. * | And the moon is buried in darkness. | and the moon is darkened, | And the moon punctured/eclipsed. | wKsf alqmr | |||
| 9. * | And the sun and moon are joined together,- | and the sun and the moon are brought together [4]3- | And the sun and the moon were gathered/collected. | wjm` al$ms walqmr | |||
| 10. * | That Day will Man say: "Where is the refuge?" | on that Day will man exclaim "Whither to flee?" | The human/mankind that day says: "Where (is) the escape/escape to (shelter)?" | yqwl alansan ywmYX ayn almfr | |||
| 11. * | By no means! No place of safety! | But nay: no refuge [for thee, O man]! | No but (there is) no shelter. | kla lawzr | |||
| 12. * | Before thy Lord (alone), that Day will be the place of rest. | With thy Sustainer, on that Day, the journey's end will be! | To your Lord that day (is) the settlement. | ali rbk ywmYX almstqr | |||
| 13. * | That Day will Man be told (all) that he put forward, and all that he put back. | Man will be apprised, on that Day, of what he has done and what he has left undone: [5]4 | The human/mankind (will) be informed that day with what he advanced/preceded and he delayed. | ynbA alansan ywmYX bma qdm waKr | |||
| 14. * | Nay, man will be evidence against himself, | nay, but man shall against himself be an eye-witness, | Rather the human/mankind (is) on him self (an) evidence/witness. | bl alansan `li nfsh bSyr+ | |||
| 15. * | Even though he were to put up his excuses. | even though he may veil himself in excuses. [6]5 | And even if he threw (gave) his apologies/excuses. | wlw alqi m`aXyrh | |||
| 16. * | Move not thy tongue concerning the (Qur'an) to make haste therewith. | MOVE NOT thy tongue in haste, [repeating the words of the revelation:] [7]6 | Do not move with it your tongue to hurry/hasten/rush with it. | latHrk bh lsank lt`jl bh | |||
| 17. * | It is for Us to collect it and to promulgate it: | for, behold, it is for Us to gather it [in thy heart,] and to cause it to be read [as it ought to be read]. [8]7 | That truly on Us (is) gathering/accumulating it, and its reading/recitation. | an `lyna jm`h wqranh | |||
| 18. * | But when We have promulgated it, follow thou its recital (as promulgated): | Thus, when We recite it, follow thou its wording [with all thy mind]: [9]8 | So when/if We read it, so follow its reading/recitation. | faXa qranah fatb` qranh | |||
| 19. * | Nay more, it is for Us to explain it (and make it clear): | and then, behold, it will be for Us to make its meaning clear. [10]9 | Then that truly on Us (is) its clarification/explanation. | xm an `lyna byanh | |||
| 20. * | Nay, (ye men!) but ye love the fleeting life, | NAY, but [most of] you love this fleeting life, | No, but you love/like the worldly life/present. | kla bl tHbwn al`ajl+ | |||
| 21. * | And leave alone the Hereafter. | and give no thought to the life to come [and to Judgment Day]! | And you leave the end (other life). | wtXrwn alaKr+ | |||
| 22. * | Some faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness and beauty);- | Some faces will on that Day be bright with happiness, | Faces/fronts, that day (are) beautiful and good (bright/blooming). | wjwh ywmYX naDr+ | |||
| 23. * | Looking towards their Lord; | looking up to their Sustainer; | To its Lord looking. | ali rbha naZr+ | |||
| 24. * | And some faces, that Day, will be sad and dismal, | and some faces will on that Day be overcast with despair, | And faces/fronts, that day (are) frowning/gloomy. | wwjwh ywmYX basr+ | |||
| 25. * | In the thought that some back-breaking calamity was about to be inflicted on them; | knowing that a crushing calamity is about to befall them. | (They) think/suppose that a disaster/calamity will be made/done with it. | tZn an yf`l bha faqr+ | |||
| 26. * | Yea, when (the soul) reaches to the collar-bone (in its exit), | NAY, but when [the last breath] comes up to the throat [of a dying man], | No, but when/if the collar bones/verge of death reached. | kla aXa blGt altraqy | |||
| 27. * | And there will be a cry, "Who is a magician (to restore him)?" | and people ask, "Is there any wizard [that could save him]?" [11]10 | And (it) was said: "Who (is) ascended/elevated (being saved)?" | wqyl mn raq | |||
| 28. * | And he will conclude that it was (the Time) of Parting; | the while he [himself] knows that this is the parting, | And (he) thought/assumed that it is the separation. | wZn anh alfraq | |||
| 29. * | And one leg will be joined with another: | and is enwrapped in the pangs of death [12]11 - : | And the shin/leg coiled/wrapped with the shin/leg. | waltft alsaq balsaq | |||
| 30. * | That Day the Drive will be (all) to thy Lord! | at that time towards thy Sustainer does he feel impelled to turn! [13]12 | To your Lord (on) that day (is) the drive (destination). | ali rbk ywmYX almsaq | |||
| 31. * | So he gave nothing in charity, nor did he pray!- | [Useless, though, will be his repentance: [14]13] for [as long as he was alive] he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray [for enlightenment], | So he did not give charity and nor he prayed. | fla Sdq wlaSli | |||
| 32. * | But on the contrary, he rejected Truth and turned away! | but, on the contrary, he gave the lie to the truth and turned away [from it], | And but lied/denied and turned away. | wlkn kXb wtwli | |||
| 33. * | Then did he stalk to his family in full conceit! | and then went arrogantly back to what he had come from. [15]14 | Then he went to his people walking stretched with his arms moving in a conceited manner (marching arrogantly). | xm Xhb ali ahlh ytmTi | |||
| 34. * | Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe! | [And yet, O man, thine end comes hourly] nearer unto thee, and nearer - | Woe/warning/threat (Hell) for you, so woe/warning/threat (Hell for you). | awli lk fawli | |||
| 35. * | Again, Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe! | and ever nearer unto thee, and nearer! | Then woe/warning/threat (Hell) for you, so woe/warning/threat (Hell for you). | xm awli lk fawli | |||
| 36. * | Does man think that he will be left uncontrolled, (without purpose)? | DOES MAN, then, think that he is to be left to himself to go about at will? [16]15 | Does the human/mankind think/suppose that (E) he be left unattended to/disregarded (uncounted with)? | ayHsb alansan an ytrk sdi | |||
| 37. * | Was he not a drop of sperm emitted (in lowly form)? | Was he not once a [mere] drop of sperm that had been spilt, | Did he not be a drop/male's or female's secretion from sperm/semen, semen being ejaculated/ discharged ? | alm yk nTf+ mn mny ymni | |||
| 38. * | Then did he become a leech-like clot; then did ((Allah)) make and fashion (him) in due proportion. | and thereafter became a germ-cell - whereupon He created and formed [it] in accordance with what [it] was meant to be, [17]16 | Then (he) was/became a blood clot, so He created (it), so He straightened/perfected (it). | xm kan `lq+ fKlq fswi | |||
| 39. * | And of him He made two sexes, male and female. | and fashioned out of it the two sexes, the male and the female? | So He made/created from it the couples/pairs, the male and the female. | fj`l mnh alzwjyn alXkr walanxi | |||
| 40. * | Has not He, (the same), the power to give life to the dead? | Is not He, then; able to bring the dead back to life? | Is not that with capable/able on that He revives/makes alive the deads?448 | alys Xlk bqadr `li an yHyy almwti | |||