Surah Al-Qiyama (The Resurrection) 75

Revealed 31st in the Qur'an

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I swear by the Day of Resurrection

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And I swear by the self-accusing soul [to the certainty of resurrection].

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Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

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Yes [We will]. [And We are] Able to [even] proportion his fingertips.

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But man desires to continue in sin.

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He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"

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So when vision is dazzled

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And the moon darkens *Matthew 24:29*Mark 13:24

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And the sun and the moon are gathered,

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Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"

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No! There is no refuge. *Book of Enoch 52:7

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The [place of] settlement is to your Lord that Day.

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[And] that Day, man will be informed of what he sent ahead and kept back.

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Rather, man will be evidence against himself,

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Even if he presents his excuses.

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Do not move your tongue with it, to hasten with recitation of [the Qur'an].

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Indeed, its collection and its recitation is upon Us.

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So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.

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Then its clarification [to you] is upon Us.

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No! But you love the immediate

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And leave the Hereafter.

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[Some] faces will be radiant that Day, *2 Ezra 7:55

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Looking at their Lord. *Book of Enoch 38:4

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And [some] faces will be contorted that Day,

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Expecting that [something] backbreaking will be done to them.

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No! When it has reached the collar bones

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And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"

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And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation

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And the leg is wound about the leg,

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The driving will be to your Lord that Day.

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And the disbeliever had not believed, nor had he prayed.

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But [instead], he denied and turned away.

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And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].

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Woe to you, and woe!

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Then woe to you, and woe!

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Does man think that he will be left neglected?

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Had he not been a drop [of seed] which was emitted?

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Then he was a clinging clot, and [God] created [his form] and proportioned [him]

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And He made two mates from him, the male and the female.

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Is that [Creator] not Able to give life to the dead?