Surah 75

لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ
I do swear by the Day of Judgment!
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وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ
And I do swear by the self-reproaching soul!
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أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ
Do people think We cannot reassemble their bones?
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بَلَىٰ قَـٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ
Yes ˹indeed˺! We are ˹most˺ capable of restoring ˹even˺ their very fingertips.1
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بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ
Still people want to deny what is yet to come,
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يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ
asking ˹mockingly˺, “When is this Day of Judgment?”
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فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ
But when the sight is stunned,
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وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ
and the moon is dimmed,
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وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ
and the sun and the moon are brought together,1
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يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ
on that Day one will cry, “Where is the escape?”
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كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ
But no! There will be no refuge.
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إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ
On that Day all will end up before your Lord.
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يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ
All will then be informed of what they have sent forth and left behind.
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بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌ
In fact, people will testify against their own souls,1
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وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ
despite the excuses they come up with.
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لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ
Do not rush your tongue trying to memorize ˹a revelation of˺ the Quran.
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إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ
It is certainly upon Us to ˹make you˺ memorize and recite it.
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فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَـٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ
So once We have recited a revelation ˹through Gabriel˺, follow its recitation ˹closely˺.
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ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ
Then it is surely upon Us to make it clear ˹to you˺.
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كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ
But no! In fact, you love this fleeting world,
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