Surah Al-Qiyamah, Ayah 21-40 — Word by Word
القيامة
The Resurrection
Explanations are simplified from tafsirs by Ibn Kathir, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Spot an inaccuracy? Let us know.
watadharūna l-ākhirata
And leave [i.e., neglect] the Hereafter.
wujūhun yawma-idhin nāḍiratun
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
ilā rabbihā nāẓiratun
Looking at their Lord.
wawujūhun yawma-idhin bāsiratun
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
taẓunnu an yuf'ʿala bihā fāqiratun
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
kallā idhā balaghati l-tarāqiya
No! When it [i.e., the soul] has reached the collar bones
waqīla man rāqin
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
waẓanna annahu l-firāqu
And he [i.e., the dying one] is certain that it is the [time of] separation
wal-tafati l-sāqu bil-sāqi
And the leg is wound about the leg,
ilā rabbika yawma-idhin l-masāqu
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
falā ṣaddaqa walā ṣallā
And he [i.e., the disbeliever] had not believed, nor had he prayed.
walākin kadhaba watawallā
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
thumma dhahaba ilā ahlihi yatamaṭṭā
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
awlā laka fa-awlā
Woe to you, and woe!
thumma awlā laka fa-awlā
Then woe to you, and woe!
ayaḥsabu l-insānu an yut'raka sudan
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
alam yaku nuṭ'fatan min maniyyin yum'nā
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
thumma kāna ʿalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwā
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allāh] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
fajaʿala min'hu l-zawjayni l-dhakara wal-unthā
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
alaysa dhālika biqādirin ʿalā an yuḥ'yiya l-mawtā
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?