Read Surah Al-Qiyamah — Full Text with Transliteration

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ75:1

   Laaa uqsimu bi yawmil qiyaamah

   I swear by the Day of Resurrection

2. وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ75:2

   Wa laaa uqsimu bin nafsil lawwaamah

   And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].

3. أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ75:3

   Ayahsabul insaanu al lan najm'a 'izaamah

   Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

4. بَلَىٰ قَـٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ75:4

   Balaa qaadireena 'alaaa an nusawwiya banaanah

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

5. بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ75:5

   Bal yureedul insaanu liyafjura amaamah

   But man desires to continue in sin.

6. يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ75:6

   Yas'alu ayyyaana yawmul qiyaamah

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

7. فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ75:7

   Fa izaa bariqal basar

   So when vision is dazzled

8. وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ75:8

   We khasafal qamar

   And the moon darkens

9. وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ75:9

   Wa jumi'ash shamusu wal qamar

   And the sun and the moon are joined,

10. يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ75:10

    Yaqoolul insaanu yaw ma 'izin aynal mafarr

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

11. كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ75:11

    Kallaa laa wazar

    No! There is no refuge.

12. إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ75:12

    Ilaa rabbika yawma 'izinil mustaqarr

    To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.

13. يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ75:13

    Yunabba 'ul insaanu yawma 'izim bimaa qaddama wa akhkhar

    Man will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.

14. بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌۭ75:14

    Balil insaanu 'alaa nafsihee baseerah

    Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,

15. وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ75:15

    Wa law alqaa ma'aazeerah

    Even if he presents his excuses.

16. لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ75:16

    Laa tuharrik bihee lisaa naka lita'jala bih

    Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.

17. إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ75:17

    Inna 'alainaa jam'ahoo wa qur aanah

    Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.

18. فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَـٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ75:18

    Fa izaa qaraanaahu fattabi' qur aanah

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

19. ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ75:19

    Summa inna 'alainaa bayaanah

    Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].

20. كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ75:20

    Kallaa bal tuhibboonal 'aajilah

    No! But you love the immediate

21. وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ75:21

    Wa tazaroonal Aakhirah

    And leave the Hereafter.

22. وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ نَّاضِرَةٌ75:22

    Wujoohuny yawma 'izin naadirah

    [Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,

23. إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌۭ75:23

    Ilaa rabbihaa naazirah

    Looking at their Lord.

24. وَوُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌۭ75:24

    Wa wujoohuny yawma 'izim baasirah

    And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,

25. تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌۭ75:25

    Tazunnu any yuf'ala bihaa faaqirah

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

26. كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ75:26

    Kallaaa izaa balaghatit taraaqee

    No! When the soul has reached the collar bones

27. وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍۢ75:27

    Wa qeela man raaq

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

28. وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ75:28

    Wa zanna annahul firaaq

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

29. وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ75:29

    Waltaffatis saaqu bissaaq

    And the leg is wound about the leg,

30. إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ75:30

    Ilaa rabbika yawma'izinil masaaq

    To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.

31. فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ75:31

    Falaa saddaqa wa laa sallaa

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

32. وَلَـٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ75:32

    Wa laakin kazzaba wa tawalla

    But [instead], he denied and turned away.

33. ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ75:33

    Summa zahaba ilaaa ahlihee yatamatta

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

34. أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ75:34

    Awlaa laka fa awlaa

    Woe to you, and woe!

35. ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ75:35

    Summa awlaa laka fa awla

    Then woe to you, and woe!

36. أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى75:36

    Ayahsabul insaanu anyytraka sudaa

    Does man think that he will be left neglected?

37. أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةًۭ مِّن مَّنِىٍّۢ يُمْنَىٰ75:37

    Alam yaku nutfatam mim maniyyiny yumnaa

    Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

38. ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةًۭ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ75:38

    Summa kaana 'alaqata fakhalaq fasawwaa

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

39. فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ75:39

    Faja'ala minhuz zawjayniz zakara wal unsaa

    And made of him two mates, the male and the female.

40. أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَـٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْـِۧىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ75:40

    Alaisa zaalika biqaadirin 'alaaa any yuhyiyal mawtaa

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