Surah Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection)

القيامة

40 Verses

In the Name of Almighty Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
40 آية

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Surah Al-Qiyamah is the 75th chapter of the Quran, containing 40 verses. Revealed in Makkah, it takes its name from the Day of Resurrection, by which Allah swears an oath at its opening alongside the self-reproaching soul, affirming His power to reassemble even the very fingertips of the dead. The surah describes the terror of that Day, when the eye will be fixed in fear and the sun and moon brought together, rebukes man’s haste and denial, portrays the agony of the soul at the moment of death, and closes by pointing to man’s own creation from a drop of fluid as proof that the One who created him is able to bring him back to life. Below you can read the full Surah Al-Qiyamah in Arabic with a clear English translation and a verse-by-verse tafsir (explanation of the meaning) from Aysar al-Tafaseer, with the option to jump to any specific verse.

Tafsir of the Verses

{ لاَ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَامَةِ }
{ ٱلْقِيَامَةِ }

(1) – يُقْسِمُ اللهُ تَعَالَى بِيَوْمِ القِيَامَةِ وَمَا يَقَعُ فِيهِ مِنْ أَحْدَاثٍ عِظَامٍ.

لاَ أُقْسِمُ – أُقْسِمُ. وَ لا لِلتَّوكْيِدِ. وَقِيلَ إِنَّهَا صِلَةٌ مِثْلُهَا فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى (لِئَلاَّ يَعْلَمَ أَهْلُ الكِتَابِ).
Surah Al-Qiyamah: Verse 1
1. Allah Almighty swears by the Day of Resurrection and the terrible events that take place on that day.
{ وَلاَ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ }
(2) – وَيُقْسِمُ اللهُ تَعَالَى بِالنَّفْسِ التِي تَتُوقُ إِلَى مَعَالِي الأُمُورِ، وَتَنْدَمُ عَلَى فِعْلِ السَّيِّئَاتِ، كَمَا تَنْدَمُ عَلَى أَنَّهَا لَمْ تَسْتَكْثِرْ مِنَ الخَيْرِ، فَهِيَ دَائِماً تَلُومُ ذَاتَهَا عَلَى مَا فَعَلَتْ وَمَا تَرَكَتْ.

اللَّوَّامَةِ – كَثِيرَةِ اللَّوْمِ والنَّدَمِ عَلَى مَا فَاتَ.
Surah Al-Qiyamah: Verse 2
2. Allah Almighty swears by the soul that aspires to noble matters and repents for committing any ill-deeds, and for not increasing its righteous deeds; it forever reproaches itself for what it may have done or left undone.
{ أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلإِنسَانُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُ }
{ ٱلإِنسَانُ }

(3) – أَيَظُنُّ ابْنُ آدَمَ أَنَّ اللهَ غَيْرُ قَادِرٍ عَلَى بَعْثِهِ مِنْ قَبْرِهِ، وَجَمْعِ عِظَامِهِ بَعْدَ أَنْ تُصْبحَ عِظَامُهُ تُرَاباً، وَتَتَفَرَّقَ فِي جَنَبَاتِ الأَرْضِ؟.
Surah Al-Qiyamah: Verse 3
3. Does the son of Adam think that Allah is incapable of raising him from his grave and gathering his bones after they had turned to dust and become scattered in the earth?
{ بَلَىٰ قَادِرِينَ عَلَىٰ أَن نُّسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهُ }
{ قَادِرِينَ }

(4) – بَلَى إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى قَادِرٌ عَلَى ذَلِكَ، فَهُوَ تَعَالَى قَادِرٌ عَلَى أَنْ يُسَوِّيَ أَنَامِلَ أَصَابعِ الإِنْسَانِ، وَيَجْعَلَهَا فِي أَمَاكِنِهَا مِنَ الجِسْمِ، كَمَا كَانَتْ قَبْلاً، وَأَنَامِلُ الأَصَابعِ هِيَ أَدَقُّ مَا فِي جِسْمِ الإِنْسَانِ مِنْ عَظْمٍ. فَإِذَا كَانَ تَعَالَى قَادِراً عَلَى أَنْ يُسَوِّيَ البَنَانَ، وَيُعِيدَهُ إِلَى أَمَاكِنِهِ، فَهُوَ قَادِرٌ عَلَى إِعَادَةِ غَيْرِهِ مِنَ العِظَامِ إِلَى مَا كَانَ عَلَيْهِ.
Surah Al-Qiyamah: Verse 4
4. Yes, indeed! Allah Almighty is capable of doing that; He is capable of putting together man’s fingertips and placing them in their correct place in the body as they were before. The tips of the fingers are the most delicate bones in a human body; thus, if Almighty Allah is capable of putting those together and placing them in their correct position, He is then capable of placing other bones in their right places in the body.
{ بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلإِنسَانُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُ }
{ ٱلإِنسَانُ }

(5) – إِنَّ ابْنَ آَدَمَ لَيَعْلَمُ أَنَّ اللهَ قَادِرٌ عَلَى أَنْ يَجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُ، وَيُسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهُ، وَلَكِنَّهُ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَمْضِيَ قُدُماً فِي المَعَاصِي، لاَ يَثْنيهِ شَيْءٌ عَنْ فُجُورِهِ، وَيَقُولُ: أَعْمَلُ ثُمَّ أَتُوبُ قَبْلَ يَوْمِ القِيَامَةِ.

لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُ – لِيَدُومَ عَلَى فُجُورِهِ مُدَّةَ عُمْرِهِ.
Surah Al-Qiyamah: Verse 5
5. The son of Adam should know that Allah is able to gather his bones and to shape his fingertips. However, he wants to continue in his disobedience, and nothing can stop him from his depravity. He says: “I will do that; then I will repent before Resurrection Day.”
{ يَسْأَلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَامَةِ }
{ يَسْأَلُ } { ٱلْقِيَامَةِ }

(6) – وَيَسْأَلُ اسْتِبْعَاداً وَإِنْكَاراً: مَتَى يَكُونُ يَوْمُ القِيَامَةِ؟ وَمَتَى أَنْكَرَ الإِنْسَانُ البَعْثَ والحِسَابَ فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَرُدُّهُ شَيءٌ عَنِ المَعَاصِي.
Surah Al-Qiyamah: Verse 6
6. He asks skeptically and disapprovingly: “When is Resurrection Day?” And, when man denies the resurrection and judgement, then nothing can stop him from sinning.
{ فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ }
(7) – ذَكَرَ تَعَالَى ثَلاَثَ عَلاَمَاتٍ لِيَوْمِ القِيَامَةِ: فَإِذَا تَحَيَّرَ البَصَرُ فَزَعاً، وَدُهِشَ فَلَمْ يَعُدْ يَطْرِفُ مِنْ شِدَّةِ الهَوْلِ والفَزَعِ مِمَّا يُشَاهِدُ.

بَرِقَ البَصَرُ – إِذَا نَظَرَ الإِنْسَانُ إِلَى البَرْقِ فَدُهِشَ بَصَرُهُ وَتَحَيَّرَ فَزَعاً مِمَّا رَأَى.
Surah Al-Qiyamah: Verse 7
7. Allah Almighty mentions three signs of that day: When the sight is dazed with fear and surprise. Man no longer blinks as a result of the fear and terrors he witnesses.
{ وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ }
(8) – وَالعَلاَمَةُ الثَّانِيَةُ هِيَ: إِذَا خَسَفَ القَمَرُ وَذَهَبَ ضَوْؤُهُ.
Surah Al-Qiyamah: Verse 8
8. The second sign is: When the moon becomes eclipsed and its light disappears.
{ وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ }
(9) – وَالعَلاَمَةُ الثَّالِثَةُ هِيَ إِذَا اجْتَمَعَ الشَّمْسُ والقَمَرُ فِي أُفُقٍ وَاحِدٍ، وَطَلَعَا مِنَ المَغْرِبِ أَسْوَدَيْنِ، لاَ نُورَ فِيهِمَا.
Surah Al-Qiyamah: Verse 9
9. The third sign is: When the sun and moon meet on the same horizon. They will both rise in the west, dark without any light.
{ يَقُولُ ٱلإِنسَانُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ }
{ ٱلإِنسَانُ } { يَوْمَئِذٍ }

(10) – فَإِذَا ظَهَرَتْ هَذِهِ العَلاَمَاتُ الثَّلاَثُ فَإِنَّ القِيَامَةَ تَكُونُ قَدْ قَامَتْ، وَيَقُولُ الإِنْسَانُ حِينَئِذٍ، أَيْنَ المَفَرُّ مِنْ جَهَنَّمَ؟ وَهَلْ مِنْهَا مَهْرَبٌ وَمَلْجَأٌ؟
Surah Al-Qiyamah: Verse 10
10. When these three signs appear, it is then the Day of Resurrection. Man will say: “Where is the refuge from Hell? Is there no escape?”
{ كَلاَّ لاَ وَزَرَ }
(11) – وَيَرُدُّ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَى تَسَاؤُلِ الإِنْسَانِ عَنِ المَهْرَبِ وَالمَلْجَأِ مُجِيبَاً: كَلاَّ لاَ مَهْرَبَ وَلاَ مَلْجَأَ مِنْ هَوْلِ ذَلِكَ اليَومِ، وَلاَ شَيءَ يَعْصِمُ الإِنْسَانَ مِنْ أَمْرِ اللهِ تَعَالَى.

لاَ وَزَرَ – لاَ مَلْجَأَ وَلاَ مَنْجَى لَهُ مِنَ اللهِ.
Surah Al-Qiyamah: Verse 11
11. In answer to man’s queries as to escape and refuge, Almighty Allah says: “There is neither escape nor refuge from the terrors of that Day. Nothing will protect man from the judgement of Allah Almighty.”
{ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ }
{ يَوْمَئِذٍ }

(12) – وَإِلَى اللهِ تَعَالَى وَحْدَهُ المَرْجِعُ وَالمَصِيرُ، فَإِمَّا إِلَى جَنَّةٍ وَإِمَّا إِلَى نَارٍ.
Surah Al-Qiyamah: Verse 12
12. To Almighty Allah Alone is the return, either to Heaven or to Hell.
{ يُنَبَّأُ ٱلإِنسَانُ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ }
{ يُنَبَّأُ } { ٱلإِنسَانُ } { يَوْمَئِذٍ }

(13) – وَيُخَبَّرُ الإِنْسَانُ فِي ذَلِكَ اليَوْمِ بِجَمِيعِ أَعْمَالِهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا صَغِيرِهَا وَكَبِيرِهَا.
Surah Al-Qiyamah: Verse 13
13. On that day, man will be informed of all his deeds in life on earth, both great and small.
{ بَلِ ٱلإِنسَانُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِ بَصِيرَةٌ }
{ ٱلإِنسَانُ }

(14) – وَيَكُونُ الإِنْسَانْ فِي ذَلِكَ اليَوْمِ شَاهِداً عَلَى نَفْسِهِ، عَالِماً بِمَا فَعَلَ، وَلاَ يَحْتَاجُ إِلَى أَنْ يُنَبِّئَهُ غَيْرُهُ بِأَفْعَالِهِ، فَجَوَارِحُهُ تَشْهَدُ عَلَيْهِ وَصَحِيفَةُ أَعْمَالِهِ قَدْ أُثْبِتَ فِيهَا كُلُّ شَيءٍ فَعَلَهُ.

بَصِيرَةٌ – حُجَّةٌ بَيِّنَةٌ أَوْ عَيْنٌ بَصِيرَةٌ.
Surah Al-Qiyamah: Verse 14
14. Man will bear witness against himself; he knows what he has done and he needs none to tell him of his actions. For his organs will testify against him, and all that he has done will be written in his book of deeds.
{ وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُ }
(15) – وَسَيُحَاسَبُ عَلَى أَعْمَالِهِ جَمِيعِهَا وَلَوْ أَتَى بِالحُجَجِ. وَأَدْلَى بِالمَعَاذِيرِ، وَجَادَلَ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ.

لَوْ أَلْقَى مَعَاذِيرَهُ – وَلَوْ جَاءَ بِكُلِّ عُذْرٍ لَمْ يَنْفَعْهُ.
Surah Al-Qiyamah: Verse 15
15. Even if he presents excuses and argues in his own favour he will still be judged for all his actions.
{ لاَ تُحَرِّكْ بِهِ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِ }
(16) – كَانَ الرَّسُولُ صلى الله عليه وسلم، حِينَمَا يَتَلَقَّى الوَحْيَ، حَرِيصَاً عَلَى حِفْظِهِ، فَكَانَ يُسَابِقُ الوَحْيَ فِي قِرَاءَةِ مَا يُلْقَى إِلَيْهِ لِيَحْفَظَهُ، وَلاَ يُضَيِّعَ مِنْهُ شَيئاً، فَأَمَرَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى فِي هَذِهِ الآيَةِ بِأَنْ يَسْتَمِعَ إِلَى الوَحْيِ إِذَا جَاءَهُ جِبْرِيلُ، عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ، وَقَدْ ضَمِنَ اللهُ لِرَسُولِهِ الكَرِيمِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِأَنْ يُيَسِّرَ لَهُ حِفْظَهُ وَأَدَاءَهُ، وَأَنْ يُبَيِّنَهُ لَهُ وَيُفَسِّرَهُ.
Surah Al-Qiyamah: Verse 16
16. When the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) received the revelation, he was careful to learn it by heart, thus he would race ahead of the revelation in reciting what was read to him so as to memorize it and not lose any of it. Therefore, Allah Almighty commanded him to listen to the revelation brought by Gabriel. Allah guarantees to His noble Messenger that He will facilitate for him its memorization and performance and that He will explain and clarify it.
{ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُ وَقُرْآنَهُ }
{ قُرْآنَهُ }

(17) – إِنَّ اللهَ تَكَفَّلَ لَكَ بِجَمْعِ القُرْآنِ وَتَثْبِيتِهِ فِي صَدْرِكَ.
Surah Al-Qiyamah: Verse 17
17. Allah Almighty has vowed (O Mohammad) to gather the Quran for you and preserve it in your heart.
{ فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَاهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْآنَهُ }
{ قَرَأْنَاهُ } { قُرْآنَهُ }

(18) – فَإِذَا قَرَأَهُ عَلَيْكَ المَلَكُ فَاسْتَمِعْ لَهُ، وَتَابِعْهُ فِي قِرَاءَتِهِ، ثُمَّ اقْرَأْهُ أَنْتَ كَمَا قَرَأَهُ عَلَيْكَ.
Surah Al-Qiyamah: Verse 18
18. Therefore, when the angel recites it to you, listen to it and follow its recital. Then recite it yourself in the same manner in which he recited it to you.
{ ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُ }
(19) – ثُمَّ إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى تَكَفَّلَ لَكَ بِبَيَانِ القُرْآنِ، وَتَوْضِيحِهِ لَكَ.
Surah Al-Qiyamah: Verse 19
19. Allah Almighty had vowed to explain the Quran to you and clarify it.
{ كَلاَّ بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ }
(20) – كَلاَّ لَيْسَ الأَمْرُ كَمَا تَقُولُونَ يَا أَيُّهَا المُشْرِكُونَ مِنْ أَنَّكُمْ لاَ تُبْعَثُونَ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ لِلْحِسَابِ وَالجَزَاءِ، وَلَكِنَّ الذِي دَعَاكُمْ إِلَى ذَلِكَ مَحَبَّتُكُمْ لِلدُّنْيَا العَاجِلَةِ، وَإِيثَارُكُمْ شَهَوَاتِكُمْ وَمَلاَذَّكُمْ فِيهَا.
Surah Al-Qiyamah: Verse 20
20. No, indeed! The matter is not as you, O polytheists, say, notably that you will not be resuscitated on the Day of Resurrection for judgement and retribution. What led you to your belief is your love for the ephemeral life on earth, and the preference of your desires and pleasures in it.
{ وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلآخِرَةَ }
{ ٱلآخِرَةَ }

(21) – وَأَنَّكُمْ تُفَضِّلُونَ عَاجِلَ الدُّنْيَا الفَانِيَةِ، عَلَى الآخِرَةِ وَنَعِيمِهَا الدَّائِمِ.
Surah Al-Qiyamah: Verse 21
21. You favour the transient life on earth to the eternal Hereafter and all its bliss.
{ وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ }
{ يَوْمَئِذٍ }

(22) – وَفِي ذَلِكَ اليَوْمِ تَكُونَ وُجُوه المُؤْمِنِينَ الأَبْرَارِ نَضِرَةً مُشْرِقَةً بِالنَّعِيمِ.

نَاضِرَةٌ – مُشْرِقَةٌ مُتَهَلِّلَةٌ.
Surah Al-Qiyamah: Verse 22
22. On that Day, the faces of the faithful believers will be fresh, beaming with happiness,
{ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ }
(23) – تَنْظُرُ إِلَى رَبِّهَا.

(وَجَاءَ فِي بَعْضِ الأَحَادِيثِ أَنَّ الأَبْرَارَ فِي الجَنَّةِ يَرَوْنَ رَبَّهُمْ عِيَاناً كَمَا يَرَى أَحَدُهُمْ الشَّمْسَ وَالقَمَرَ). (رَوَاهُ البُخَارِيُّ وَمُسْلِمٌ).
Surah Al-Qiyamah: Verse 23
23. gazing at their Lord. (In some Hadiths it is said that the righteous in Paradise will see their Lord with their own eyes as they see the sun and moon.) (Reported by Bukhari and Muslim.)
{ وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ بَاسِرَةٌ }
{ يَوْمَئِذٍ }

(24) – أَمَّا وُجُوهُ الكُفَّارِ فَتَكُونُ فِي ذَلِكَ اليَوْمِ عَابِسَةً كَالِحَةَ.

بَاسِرَةٌ – كَالِحَةٌ عَابِسَةٌ.
Surah Al-Qiyamah: Verse 24
24. The faces of the unbelievers, on the other hand, will be scowling and pale.
{ تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ }
(25) – مُسْتَيْقِنَةً مِنْ أَنَّهَا هَالِكَةٌ، أَوْ أَنَّهَا سَتَنْزِلُ بِهَا دَاهِيَةٌ تَقْصِمُ فَقَارَ ظَهْرِهَا.

فَاقِرَةٌ – دَاهِيَةٌ تَقْصِمُ فَقَارَ الظَّهْرِ.
Surah Al-Qiyamah: Verse 25
25. They are sure that they will perish or that some back-breaking calamity will befall them.
{ كَلاَّ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِيَ }
(26) – يُخْبِرُ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَنْ حَالَةِ الاحْتِضَارِ، وَمَا تُعَانِيهِ النَّفْسُ مِنْ شَدَائِدَ حِينَ الإِشْرَافِ عَلَى المَوْتِ، فَيَقُولُ تَعَالَى لِلإِنْسَانِ: ارْتَدِعْ عَنْ حُبِّ الدُّنْيَا (كَلاَّ) فَإِنَّ الرُّوحَ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ التَّرَاقِيَ وَهِيَ خَارِجَةٌ، فَإِنَّكَ حِينَئِذٍ لاَ تُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ، وَلاَ بِقُدْرَةِ اللهِ عَلَى البَعْثِ والحَشْرِ وَالحِسَابِ.

التَّرَاقِيَ – جَمْعُ تَرْقُوةٍ مِنْ عِظَامِ أَعْلَى الصَّدْرِ.
Surah Al-Qiyamah: Verse 26
26. Allah Almighty tells about the agony of death and about the hardships the self suffers as it awaits death. He tells man: “Refrain from the love of earthly life. When the soul reaches the collar-bone on its way out, you will then not deny the Day of Judgement nor the might of Allah to resurrect, gather and judge.”
{ وَقِيلَ مَنْ رَاقٍ }
(27) – وَقَالَ أَهْلُ المُحْتَضَرِ: مَنْ يَرْقِيهِ وَيَشْفِيهِ مِمَّا نَزَلَ بِهِ؟
Surah Al-Qiyamah: Verse 27
27. The family of the dying person say: “Who will cure him and restore him from what has befallen him?”
{ وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ }
(28) – وَأَيْقَنَ المَحْتَضَرُ أَنَّ مَا نَزَلَ بِهِ نَذِيرٌ بِمُفَارَقَةِ الدُّنْيَا، وَتَرْكِ الأَهْلِ وَالمَالِ وَالوَلَدِ فِيهَا.
Surah Al-Qiyamah: Verse 28
28. The dying man will know for sure that what befell him is a warning that he will depart this life and leave behind his family, money, and children.
{ وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ }
(29) – وَاشْتَدَّ الأَمْرُ بِالمَرِيضِ، فَاجْتَمَعَتْ عَلَيْهِ شِدَّةُ فِرَاقِ الدُّنْيَا، مَعَ شِدَّةِ الخَوْفِ مِنَ الآخِرَةِ، وَاخْتَلَطَا مَعاً.

(وَقِيلَ إِنَّ المَعْنَى هُوَ: أَنَّ المُحْتَضَرَ تَلْتَفُّ سَاقَاهُ مِنْ ضَعْفِهِ فَلاَ تَسْتَطِيعَانِ حرَاكاً، فَالتِفَافُ السَّاقِ بِالسَّاقِ كِنَايَةٌ عَنْ دُنُوِّ الأَجَلِ).

التَفَّتِ السَّاقُ بالسَّاقِ – كِنَايَةٌ عَنْ اشْتِدَادِ الأَمْرِ وَدُنُوِّ الأَجَلِ.
Surah Al-Qiyamah: Verse 29
29. The matter becomes aggravated for the diseased person and the fear of departing this life is combined with the fear of the Hereafter. (It is also said that the meaning is as follows: The legs of the dying person become intertwined due to his weakness and cannot move. The entwining of the legs is a sign of the approach of death.)
{ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ }
{ يَوْمَئِذٍ }

(30) – فَإِلَى اللهِ المَرْجِعُ والمآبُ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ، إِذْ تَأْتِي فِي ذَلِكَ اليَوْمِ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَعَهَا سَائِقٌ وَشَهِيدٌ، فَإِمَّا إِلَى جَنَّةٍ وَإِمَّا إِلَى نَارٍ وَسَعِيرٍ.

المَسَاقُ – سَوْقُ العِبَادِ لِلْجَزَاءِ.
Surah Al-Qiyamah: Verse 30
30. The return is to Allah on that Day. Each soul will come on that day with one angel to drive it and one to testify, either to Heaven or to a blazing Fire.
{ فَلاَ صَدَّقَ وَلاَ صَلَّىٰ }
(31) – وَحِينَمَا يُسَاقُ المَرْءُ إِلَى اللهِ تَعَالَى، يَجِدُ عَمَلَهُ مُحْضَراً فِي صَحِيفَتِهِ، فَأَمَّا الكَافِرُ فَإِنَّهُ يَجِدُ فِيهَا أَنَّهُ لاَ صَدَّقَ بِوُجُودِ اللهِ تَعَالَى وَوحْدَانِيَّتِهِ، وَلاَ أَدَّى مَا فَرَضَهُ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ صَلَوَاتٍ.
Surah Al-Qiyamah: Verse 31
31. When the soul is driven to Allah Almighty, it will find all its deeds presented in its book of records. The unbeliever will find in it that he did not believe in Allah Almighty or His Oneness, nor did he perform the prayers which Allah commanded him to perform.
{ وَلَـٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ }
(32) – بَلْ إِنَّهُ أَعْرَضَ عَنْ دَعْوَةِ الرُّسُلِ، وَكَذَّبَهُمْ فِيمَا أُرْسِلُوا بِهِ، وَتَوَلَّى مُعْرِضاً عَنْهُم، وَعَنْ دَعْوَةِ الإِيْمَانِ.
Surah Al-Qiyamah: Verse 32
32. On the contrary. He rejected the call of the messengers, denied their message and turned away from truth and faith.
{ ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ يَتَمَطَّىٰ }
(33) – وَلَمْ يَكْتَفِ بِالكُفْرِ والتَّكْذِيبِ، وَإِنَّمَا انْقَلَبَ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ مُتَبَخْتِراً مُخْتَالاً فَرِحاً بِتَكْذِيبِهِ وَتَوَلِّيهِ.

تَمَطَّى – مَدَّ جِسْمَهُ وَهُوَ كِنَايَةٌ عَنِ الاخْتِيَالِ فِي المِشْيَةِ.
Surah Al-Qiyamah: Verse 33
33. He was not satisfied with disbelief and rejection alone, but turned to his family, swaggering, happy with his denial and turning away.
{ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ }
(34) – وَيَتَهَدَّدُ اللهُ تَعَالَى هَذَا الكَافِرَ الذِي يَمْشِي مُتَبَخْتِراً، وَيَقُولُ لَهُ عَلَى سَبِيلِ التَّهَكُّمِ والسُّخْرِيَةِ مِنْهُ: يَحُقُّ لَكَ أَنْ تَمْشِيَ مُتَبَخْتِراً مُخْتَالاً وَقَدْ كَفَرْتَ بِاللهِ رَبِّكَ.

أَوْلَى لَكَ – قَارَبَكَ مَا يُهْلِكُكَ.
Surah Al-Qiyamah: Verse 34
34. Allah Almighty threatens this unbeliever who swaggers about and tells him mockingly: “You deserve to strut about for you have disbelieved in Allah, your Lord!”
{ ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ }
(35) – وَكَرَّرَ اللهُ تَعَالَى تَهْدِيدَهُ وَتَهَكُّمَهُ عَلَى هَذَا المُجْرِمِ المُتَبَخْتِرِ المُتَكَبِّرِ.

” وَرُوِيَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَخَذَ بِمَجَامِعِ ثِيَابِ أَبِي جَهْلٍ وَقَرَأَ عَلَيْهِ هَذِهِ الآيَةَ وَالتِي قَبْلَهَا.

فَقَالَ لَهُ عَدُوُّ اللهِ: أَتُهَدِّدُنِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ؟ وَاللهِ لاَ تَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْتَ وَلاَ رَبُّكَ شَيْئاًَ وَإِنِّي لأَعَزُّ مَنْ مَشَى بَيْنَ جَبَلَيْهَا ”
Surah Al-Qiyamah: Verse 35
35. Almighty Allah repeats his threat to and ridicule of this swaggering arrogant sinner. (It was said that the Messenger of Allah clutched at the clothes of Abu Jahl and recited this verse and the preceding one to him. The enemy of Allah told him: “Do you threaten me, O Mohammad? By Allah! Neither you nor your Lord can do anything to me for I am the proudest to walk between the two mounts (of Makkah).”)
{ أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلإِنسَانُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى }
{ ٱلإِنسَانُ }

(36) – أَيَظُنُّ الإِنْسَانُ المُنْكِرُ لِلْبَعْثِ أَنَّ اللهَ خَلَقَهُ بِغَيْرِ غَايَةٍ، وَأَنَّهُ يَتْرُكُهُ وَشَأْنَهُ فِي الحَيَاةِ يَفْعَلُ فِيهَا مَا يَشَاءُ، لاَ يُؤْمَرُ بِأَمْرٍ، وَلاَ يُنْهَى عَنْ نَهْيٍ، وَلاَ يُبْعَثُ وَلاَ يُحَاسَبُ؟

كَلاَّ إِنَّهُ لَنْ يُتْرَكَ سُدًى، وَسَيُبْعَثُ وَسَيُحَاسَبُ عَلَى جَمِيعِ أَعْمَالِهِ.

يُتْرَكَ سُدًى – مُهْمَلاً فَلاَ يُكَلَّفُ وَلاَ يُجَازَى.
Surah Al-Qiyamah: Verse 36
36. Does this person who denies the Resurrection think that Allah has created him without a purpose, that He will leave him to do as he wishes in life and that he will not be commanded to carry out an order or forbidden to perform a prohibition? Or that he will not be resurrected and called to account? No indeed! He will not be allowed to wander in vain. He will be resurrected, and he will give account for all his actions.
{ أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِيٍّ يُمْنَىٰ }
(37) – وَيُذَكِّرُ اللهُ تَعَالَى الإِنْسَانَ كَيْفَ بَدَأَ اللهُ خَلْقَهُ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ ضَعِيفَةٍ مِنْ مَنِيٍّ يَقْذِفُهُ الرَّجُلُ فِي رَحِمِ الأُنْثَى، فَالذِي بَدَأَ خَلْقَ الإِنْسَانِ قَادِرٌ عَلَى إعَادَتِهِ، لأَِنَّ الإِعَادَةَ أَهْوَنُ مِنْ البَدْءِ.

مَنِيٍّ يُمْنَى – يُصَبُّ فِي الأَرْحَامِ.
Surah Al-Qiyamah: Verse 37
37. Allah Almighty reminds man that He created him from a weak sperm which a man ejaculates into the womb of a woman. Thus, He who initiated the creation of man can recreate him, because repetition is easier than initiation..
{ ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ }
(38) – ثُمَّ جَعَلَ اللهُ النُّطْفَةَ عَلَقَةً، ثُمَّ تَدَرَّجَ فِي خَلْقِهِ حَتَّى سَوَّاهُ وَأَخْرَجَهُ طِفْلاً كَامِلَ الخَلْقِ.

فَسَوَّى – فَعَدَلَهُ وَكَمَّلَهُ وَنَفَخَ فِيهِ الرُّوحَ.
Surah Al-Qiyamah: Verse 38
38. Then Allah made the sperm into a blood clot and proceeded in its creation until man was formed and became a fully-developed infant.
{ فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلأُنثَىٰ }
(39) – وَجَعَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى المَوَالِيدَ ذُكُوراً وَإِنَاثاً، لِتَسْتَمِرَّ الحَيَاةُ عَلَى الأَرْضِ عَنْ طَرِيقِ التَّزَاوُجِ بَيْنَ الذُّكُورِ والإِنَاثِ.
Surah Al-Qiyamah: Verse 39
39. Almighty Allah made the new-borns male and female so that life on earth could continue through the intermarriage between males and females.
{ أَلَيْسَ ذَلِكَ بِقَادِرٍ عَلَىٰ أَن يُحْيِـيَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ }
{ بِقَادِرٍ }

(40) – أَلَيْسَ الذِي أَنْشَأَ هَذَا الخَلْقَ، مِنْ هَذِهِ النُّطْفَةِ الضَّعِيفَةِ، بِقَادِرٍ عَلَى أَنْ يُعِيدَ خَلْقَ الإِنْسَانِ مِنْ جَدِيدٍ، وَأَنْ يُحْيِيَ المَوْتَى؟ مَعَ أَنَّ الإِعَادَةَ أَهْوَنُ مِنَ الابْتِدَاءِ؟
Surah Al-Qiyamah: Verse 40
40. Is not He Who created this being from a weak sperm able to recreate man and to resurrect the dead? Although repetition is easier than initiation?

Tafsir by Dr. Assaad Homad (1917–2011), Syrian scholar and jurist, author of Aysar al-Tafaseer, an accessible interpretation of the Quran reviewed by Sheikh Muhammad Mutwally Al-Shaarawi and certified by the Ministries of Awqaf in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. English translation by the Homad family. Read more about the author and this tafsir →

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