75:1
لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ ١
I swear by the Day of Resurrection,
سورة القيامةSurah Al-Qiyamah · The Resurrection
Meccan40 ayahsPage 577–578Juz 29
Sheikh Mohamed Siddiq al-Minshawi · murattal
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بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
75:2
وَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلنَّفۡسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ ٢
and I swear by the self-reproaching soul[1]!
Tafsir Notes
[1] Of the believer, which blames oneself whenever falls into sin or error.
75:3
أَيَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجۡمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ ٣
Does man think that We cannot reassemble his bones?
75:4
بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهُۥ ٤
In fact, We are able to restore even his very fingertips.
75:5
بَلۡ يُرِيدُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفۡجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ ٥
But man desires to persist in sin[2],
Tafsir Notes
[2] While denying the coming of the Day of Judgment.
75:6
يَسۡـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوۡمُ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ ٦
and asks [mockingly], “When is the Day of Resurrection?”
75:7
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ ٧
But when the sight is dazzled,
75:8
وَخَسَفَ ٱلۡقَمَرُ ٨
and the moon is darkened,
75:9
وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ ٩
and the sun and the moon are brought together[3],
Tafsir Notes
[3] They both have never been together since they were created. On this Day they will be brought together, darkened, and both will be thrown into the Hell; so that all should know that they were subservient created beings, especially those who worshiped them.
75:10
يَقُولُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ يَوۡمَئِذٍ أَيۡنَ ٱلۡمَفَرُّ ١٠
on that Day man will say, “Where is the escape?”
75:11
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ ١١
No indeed! There will be no refuge.
75:12
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقَرُّ ١٢
On that Day all will end up before your Lord.
75:13
يُنَبَّؤُاْ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ ١٣
On that Day man will be informed of what he has sent forth[4] and left behind[5].
Tafsir Notes
[4] i.e., of his deeds for the Hereafter. [5] i.e., that which he failed to do.
75:14
بَلِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفۡسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٞ ١٤
In fact, man will be a witness against himself[6],
Tafsir Notes
[6] His organs will testify against him, as mentioned in 36:65 and 41:20-23.
75:15
وَلَوۡ أَلۡقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ ١٥
despite the excuses he may put forward.
75:16
لَا تُحَرِّكۡ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعۡجَلَ بِهِۦٓ ١٦
Do not move your tongue [O Prophet] in haste trying to memorize it.
75:17
إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا جَمۡعَهُۥ وَقُرۡءَانَهُۥ ١٧
It is upon Us to make you memorize and recite it.
75:18
فَإِذَا قَرَأۡنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعۡ قُرۡءَانَهُۥ ١٨
Then when We recite it [through Gabriel], follow its recitation attentively;
75:19
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا بَيَانَهُۥ ١٩
then it is upon Us to explain its meanings.
75:20
كَلَّا بَلۡ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡعَاجِلَةَ ٢٠
No indeed! You [people] love this fleeting world,
75:21
وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَ ٢١
and neglect the Hereafter.
75:22
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ نَّاضِرَةٌ ٢٢
On that Day some faces will be bright,
75:23
إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٞ ٢٣
looking at their Lord[7].
Tafsir Notes
[7] The dwellers of Paradise will be granted the honor of actually seeing their Lord in the Hereafter.
75:24
وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بَاسِرَةٞ ٢٤
And on that Day, some faces will be gloomy,
75:25
تَظُنُّ أَن يُفۡعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٞ ٢٥
knowing that a crushing calamity will befall them.
75:26
كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِيَ ٢٦
Indeed, when the soul reaches the throat[8],
Tafsir Notes
[8] Upon death.
75:27
وَقِيلَ مَنۡۜ رَاقٖ ٢٧
and it is said, “Is there any healer?”
75:28
وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلۡفِرَاقُ ٢٨
And he realizes that it is time to depart,
75:29
وَٱلۡتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ ٢٩
when legs are brought together [in a shroud][9];
Tafsir Notes
[9] The difficulties the person faces while leaving this world and moving on to the Hereafter; or the people arrange for the departure of his body, while angels arrange for the departure of his soul.
75:30
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡمَسَاقُ ٣٠
on that Day, he will be driven to your Lord.
75:31
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ ٣١
He neither believed nor prayed;
75:32
وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ٣٢
rather he denied and turned away,
75:33
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ ٣٣
then he went to his people, elated with pride,
75:34
أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰ ٣٤
Woe to you, and woe!
75:35
ثُمَّ أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰٓ ٣٥
Again, woe to you, and woe!
75:36
أَيَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتۡرَكَ سُدًى ٣٦
Does man think that he will be left neglected[10]?
Tafsir Notes
[10] i.e., without purpose and responsibility, or without returning to Allah for account.
75:37
أَلَمۡ يَكُ نُطۡفَةٗ مِّن مَّنِيّٖ يُمۡنَىٰ ٣٧
Was he not once a drop of semen emitted,
75:38
ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةٗ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ٣٨
then he became a clinging clot[11], then He created him and perfected his form,
Tafsir Notes
[11] "‘Alaqah": an embryo that resembles a leech.
75:39
فَجَعَلَ مِنۡهُ ٱلزَّوۡجَيۡنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰٓ ٣٩
and made from him both genders, male and female?
75:40
أَلَيۡسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحۡـِۧيَ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ ٤٠
Is not He able to bring the dead back to life?
Sources
- Mushaf text: King Fahd Glorious Quran Printing Complex (Madinah), narration of Hafs from ʿAsim, in the Uthmani script.
- Rowwad Translation Center — version 1.0.19, QuranEnc.com
- Al-Mukhtasar in Interpreting the Noble Quran — QuranEnc.com, retrieved 2026-09-14
- Recitation: Sheikh Mohamed Siddiq al-Minshawi (murattal), via quran.com and everyayah.com.
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