The Resurrection
القيامة
Reciter: Mishary Rashid Alafasy
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
lā uq'simu biyawmi l-qiyāmati
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
walā uq'simu bil-nafsi l-lawāmati
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
ayaḥsabu l-insānu allan najmaʿa ʿidhāmahu
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
balā qādirīna ʿalā an nusawwiya banānahu
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
bal yurīdu l-insānu liyafjura amāmahu
But man desires to continue in sin.
yasalu ayyāna yawmu l-qiyāmati
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
fa-idhā bariqa l-baṣaru
So when vision is dazzled.
wakhasafa l-qamaru
And the moon darkens.
wajumiʿa l-shamsu wal-qamaru
And the sun and the moon are joined,
yaqūlu l-insānu yawma-idhin ayna l-mafaru
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
kallā lā wazara
No! There is no refuge.
ilā rabbika yawma-idhin l-mus'taqaru
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
yunabba-u l-insānu yawma-idhin bimā qaddama wa-akhara
Man will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
bali l-insānu ʿalā nafsihi baṣīratun
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
walaw alqā maʿādhīrahu
Even if he presents his excuses.
lā tuḥarrik bihi lisānaka litaʿjala bihi
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muḥammad], to hasten with it [i.e., recitation of the Qur’ān].
inna ʿalaynā jamʿahu waqur'ānahu
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
fa-idhā qaranāhu fa-ittabiʿ qur'ānahu
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
thumma inna ʿalaynā bayānahu
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
kallā bal tuḥibbūna l-ʿājilata
No! But you [i.e., mankind] love the immediate