The Day of Resurrection (Al-Qiyamah)
Verses 1-15 GROUP_1540 75.1-15
1
لَا أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ
By the Day of Resurrection,
2
وَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالنَّفْسِ اللَّوَّامَةِ
and by the self-reproaching soul!
3
أَيَحْسَبُ الْإِنسَانُ أَلَّن نَجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُ
Does man think that We cannot [resurrect him and] bring his bones together again?
4
بَلَى قَادِرِينَ عَلَى أَن نُّسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهُ
Indeed, We have the power to restore his very finger tips!
5
بَلْ يُرِيدُ الْإِنسَانُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُ
Yet man wants to deny what is ahead of him:
6
يَسْأَلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ
he asks, ‘When is this Day of Resurrection to be?’
7
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ الْبَصَرُ
But [on that Day], when mortal sight is confounded,
8
وَخَسَفَ الْقَمَرُ
and the moon is eclipsed,
9
وَجُمِعَ الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ
when the sun and the moon are brought together,
10
يَقُولُ الْإِنسَانُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ الْمَفَرُّ
on that Day man will ask, ‘Where can I escape?’
11
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ
But there is nowhere to take refuge:
12
إِلَى رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ الْمُسْتَقَرُّ
on that Day, to your Lord alone is the recourse.
13
يُنَبَّأُ الْإِنسَانُ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ
On that Day, man will be told of all that he has sent before and what he has left behind.
14
بَلِ الْإِنسَانُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ بَصِيرَةٌ
Indeed, man shall be a witness against himself,
15
وَلَوْ أَلْقَى مَعَاذِيرَهُ
in spite of all the excuses he may offer.
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Commentary
(a) Man has the innate capacity to distinguish between good and evil. By his very nature he wants anyone indulging in evil to be punished and anyone doing righteous deeds to be rewarded. It is this consciousness which is called in the Quran the self- reproaching soul or an-nafs al-lawwamah. This faculty bears testimony at the psychological level to the reality of the world of the Hereafter. If, in spite of this inner testimony, an individual does not fulfill its demands, it means that he negates what he has already accepted.