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Tafsir of Surah Al-Qiyamah (75) — The Resurrection · القيامة
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Al-Qiyamah 75:1
لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
Tafsir 75:1
Allah took an oath by the Day of Judgement when people stand before the Lord of the worlds.
Al-Qiyamah 75:2
وَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلنَّفۡسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection]
Tafsir 75:2
He took an oath by the pure soul that reproaches its owner for falling short in righteous deeds and for doing wrong deeds. He took an oath by these two things that He will certainly resurrect people for reckoning and recompense.
Al-Qiyamah 75:3
أَيَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجۡمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones
Tafsir 75:3
Does man think that I will not gather his bones to be resurrected after he dies?!
Al-Qiyamah 75:4
بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهُۥ
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips
Tafsir 75:4
Indeed, I am able together with gathering them to restore his fingertips in a proportionate form just as they were.
Al-Qiyamah 75:5
بَلۡ يُرِيدُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفۡجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ
But man desires to continue in sin
Tafsir 75:5
But man by his denial of the resurrection wants to continue sinning in the future unchecked.
Al-Qiyamah 75:6
يَسۡـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوۡمُ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection
Tafsir 75:6
He skeptically asks about the Day of Judgement: When will it occur?
Al-Qiyamah 75:7
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ
So when vision is dazzled
Tafsir 75:7
When the sight is dazzled and astonished at the time when it sees what it used to deny.
Al-Qiyamah 75:8
وَخَسَفَ ٱلۡقَمَرُ
And the moon darkens
Tafsir 75:8
And the light of the moon disappears.
Al-Qiyamah 75:9
وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ
And the sun and the moon are joined
Tafsir 75:9
And the mass of the sun and the moon are brought together.
Al-Qiyamah 75:10
يَقُولُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ يَوۡمَئِذٍ أَيۡنَ ٱلۡمَفَرُّ
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape
Tafsir 75:10
The sinning person will say on that day: Where is the escape?!
Al-Qiyamah 75:11
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ
No! There is no refuge
Tafsir 75:11
There is no escape on that day and there is no place in which the sinner can take refuge nor any place that he can seek protection in.
Al-Qiyamah 75:12
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقَرُّ
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence
Tafsir 75:12
The return and destination on that day will be to your Lord, O Messenger, for the reckoning and recompense.
Al-Qiyamah 75:13
يُنَبَّؤُاْ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ
Man will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back
Tafsir 75:13
On the day man will be informed about the actions that he sent forward and those that he left behind.
Al-Qiyamah 75:14
بَلِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفۡسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٞ
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness
Tafsir 75:14
Instead, man is a witness against himself as his limbs will testify against him in respect of the sins he committed.
Al-Qiyamah 75:15
وَلَوۡ أَلۡقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ
Even if he presents his excuses
Tafsir 75:15
Even if he brings excuses to argue on behalf of himself that he did not do any evil, these will not benefit him.
Al-Qiyamah 75:16
لَا تُحَرِّكۡ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعۡجَلَ بِهِۦٓ
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an
Tafsir 75:16
Do not move your tongue, O Messenger, with the Qur’ān hastily for fear of its escaping from you.
Al-Qiyamah 75:17
إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا جَمۡعَهُۥ وَقُرۡءَانَهُۥ
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation
Tafsir 75:17
It is My duty to gather it in your chest and to establish its recitation on your tongue.
Al-Qiyamah 75:18
فَإِذَا قَرَأۡنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعۡ قُرۡءَانَهُۥ
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation
Tafsir 75:18
When Gabriel has completed its recitation to you, then be attentive and listen to its being recited.
Al-Qiyamah 75:19
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا بَيَانَهُۥ
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you]
Tafsir 75:19
Then, it is My duty to explain it to you.
Al-Qiyamah 75:20
كَلَّا بَلۡ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡعَاجِلَةَ
No! But you love the immediate
Tafsir 75:20
Nay, the matter is not as you claimed about the impossibility of resurrection. You know that the One Who was able to create you the first time is not unable to bring you back to life after you die. However, the reason for your denial of resurrection, is your love for the fleeting life of the world.
Al-Qiyamah 75:21
وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَ
And leave the Hereafter
Tafsir 75:21
And your disregard for the life of the afterlife, the path of which is to carry out the acts of obedience that Allah has instructed you to and to leave the unlawful acts that He has prohibited you from.
Al-Qiyamah 75:22
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ نَّاضِرَةٌ
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant
Tafsir 75:22
The faces of the people of faith and fortune on that day will be radiant with light.
Al-Qiyamah 75:23
إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٞ
Looking at their Lord
Tafsir 75:23
Looking at their Lord with enjoyment.
Al-Qiyamah 75:24
وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بَاسِرَةٞ
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted
Tafsir 75:24
The faces of the people of disbelief and wretchedness on that day will be gloomy.
Al-Qiyamah 75:25
تَظُنُّ أَن يُفۡعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٞ
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking
Tafsir 75:25
They will be sure that a great punishment and painful punishment is to come down on them.
Al-Qiyamah 75:26
كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِيَ
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
Tafsir 75:26
The matter is not as the idolaters imagined - that they will not be punished when they die. When the soul of any one of them reaches the upper part of his chest.
Al-Qiyamah 75:27
وَقِيلَ مَنۡۜ رَاقٖ
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]
Tafsir 75:27
And people say to one another: Who can heal this person, perhaps he can be cured?!
Al-Qiyamah 75:28
وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلۡفِرَاقُ
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
Tafsir 75:28
The person in agony will be certain at that time that this is the departure from the world by death.
Al-Qiyamah 75:29
وَٱلۡتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ
And the leg is wound about the leg
Tafsir 75:29
Difficulties will come together at the time when the world ends and the afterlife commences.
Al-Qiyamah 75:30
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡمَسَاقُ
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession
Tafsir 75:30
When this occurs, the deceased will be driven to his Lord.
Al-Qiyamah 75:31
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ
And the disbeliever had not believed, nor had he prayed
Tafsir 75:31
The disbeliever did not accept what his messenger brought to him, nor did he pray to Allah, may He be glorified.
Al-Qiyamah 75:32
وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
But [instead], he denied and turned away
Tafsir 75:32
Instead, he denied what his messenger brought to him and turned away from it.
Al-Qiyamah 75:33
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride]
Tafsir 75:33
Then this disbeliever went to his family swaggering in his gait out of pride.
Al-Qiyamah 75:34
أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰ
Woe to you, and woe
Tafsir 75:34
Allah thus warned the disbeliever that His punishment has come close to him.
Al-Qiyamah 75:35
ثُمَّ أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰٓ
Then woe to you, and woe
Tafsir 75:35
He then repeated the sentence by way of emphasis and stated: “Again, closer and closer it comes to you.”
Al-Qiyamah 75:36
أَيَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتۡرَكَ سُدًى
Does man think that he will be left neglected
Tafsir 75:36
Does man think that Allah will leave him neglected without imposing any laws on him?
Al-Qiyamah 75:37
أَلَمۡ يَكُ نُطۡفَةٗ مِّن مَّنِيّٖ يُمۡنَىٰ
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted
Tafsir 75:37
Was this human being one day not a drop of sperm spilt into the womb.
Al-Qiyamah 75:38
ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةٗ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
Tafsir 75:38
Thereafter he was a piece of coagulated blood. Then Allah created him and made his form proportionate.
Al-Qiyamah 75:39
فَجَعَلَ مِنۡهُ ٱلزَّوۡجَيۡنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰٓ
And made of him two mates, the male and the female
Tafsir 75:39
Then he made his species into two types: Male and female?!
Al-Qiyamah 75:40
أَلَيۡسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحۡـِۧيَ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead
Tafsir 75:40
Is not the One Who created man from a drop, then a clot, able to give life once again to the dead for the reckoning and recompense?! Indeed, He is able to do so.
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