Al-Qiyamah 75
The ResurrectionHow to read the Hangul
الرَّحْمَٰنِ르r라흐마니 بِسْمِ비스밀
- Bold = the stressed syllable of the word; a little stronger.
- Overline = long vowel (madd): hold it about two beats. Length matters most in recitation.
- Tiny = no vowel in the Arabic here — just the consonant, short.
- Small Latin letter = a sound Korean lacks, on the next syllable: f upper teeth on lower lip · θ/ð tongue tip between the teeth · r rolled tongue tip (a bare ㄹ is l).
How to read the Hangul
beginning the Christ salvation
- Bold, larger (ˈ) = say it strong and a little longer — the stressed syllable.
- Faint = weak and short (a reduced vowel). Don't give every syllable equal weight.
- Tiny 으 · 트 · 스 = barely voiced. English has no vowel there — stop on the consonant.
- Whole word faint (the, of, and, to…) = light and quick in a sentence; stress the content words.
- Small f v θ ð r = sounds Korean doesn't have — f: upper teeth on the lower lip; v: the same, voiced; θ/ð: tongue tip between the teeth; r: tongue curled back, touching nothing.
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About this surah
This surah is classified as revealed in the Meccan period. It swears by the Day of Resurrection and by the self-reproaching soul, and answers the person who thinks God will not gather his bones: God is able to restore even his fingertips. It describes the Day when sight is dazzled and the moon eclipsed, when man will ask where to escape and will become a witness against himself despite his excuses. In the middle the Messenger is told not to move his tongue to hasten the revelation, since its collection, recitation and clarification rest with God. The surah contrasts radiant faces looking at their Lord with gloomy ones, depicts the moment of death when the soul reaches the collarbones, and closes by asking whether the One who created man from a drop of fluid is not able to give life to the dead.
- Oath by Resurrection Day
- Restoring the bones
- Do not hasten the revelation
- Radiant and gloomy faces
- The moment of death
The name The name comes from verse 1, which swears by the Day of Resurrection.
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I swear by the Day of Resurrection,
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and I swear by the self-reproaching soul!
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Does man think that We will not gather his bones?
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Yes indeed, We are able to restore even his fingertips.
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Rather, man wants to continue in sin ahead of him.
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He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
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So when the sight is dazzled,
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and the moon is eclipsed,
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and the sun and the moon are joined together,
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man will say on that Day, "Where is the escape?"
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By no means! There is no refuge.
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To your Lord on that Day is the place of settlement.
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Man will be informed on that Day of what he sent ahead and what he left behind.
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Rather, man will be a witness against himself,
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even though he offers his excuses.
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Do not move your tongue with it to hasten it.
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Indeed upon Us is its collection and its recitation.
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So when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
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Then upon Us is its clarification.
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No! Rather, you love the immediate,
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and neglect the Hereafter.
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Some faces on that Day will be radiant,
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looking at their Lord.
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And some faces on that Day will be gloomy,
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expecting that a backbreaking calamity will be done to them.
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No! When [the soul] reaches the collarbones,
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and it is said, "Who can cure [him]?"
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and he is certain that it is the parting,
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and leg is wound about leg,
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to your Lord on that Day will be the driving.
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For he neither believed nor prayed,
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but he denied and turned away,
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then went to his family, swaggering.
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Woe to you, and woe!
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Then woe to you, and woe!
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Does man think that he will be left neglected?
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Was he not a drop of emitted fluid?
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Then he was a clinging clot, and [God] created and proportioned [him],
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and made from it the two of a pair, the male and the female.
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Is not He then able to give life to the dead?