سُورَةُ القِيَامَةِ
Surah Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) – Arabic, Translation & Audio
Surah Al-Qiyamah is the 75th surah (chapter) of the Quran. Its name means “The Resurrection”. It has 40 ayahs (verses), is a Meccan surah (revealed in Makkah) and is found in Juz 29 of the Quran. Below you can read the full Arabic text with English translation and transliteration, and listen to each ayah.
| Surah number | 75 of 114 |
|---|---|
| Arabic name | القيامة |
| English meaning | The Resurrection |
| Number of ayahs | 40 |
| Revelation | Meccan (Makkah) |
| Order of revelation | 31 (traditional chronology) |
| Juz (part) | 29 |
| Mushaf pages | 577–578 (604-page Madinah mushaf) |
| Verses of prostration | None |
| Begins with Bismillah | Yes – recited before ayah 1 (not numbered) |
Read Surah Al-Qiyamah in Arabic with English translation
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ﴿١﴾
Laaa uqsimu bi yawmil qiyaamah
Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;
وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ ﴿٢﴾
Wa laaa uqsimu bin nafsil lawwaamah
Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ ﴿٣﴾
Ayahsabul insaanu al lan najm'a 'izaamah
Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones?
بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ ﴿٤﴾
Balaa qaadireena 'alaaa an nusawwiya banaanah
Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!
بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ ﴿٥﴾
Bal yureedul insaanu liyafjura amaamah
But man would fain deny what is before him.
يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ﴿٦﴾
Yas'alu ayyyaana yawmul qiyaamah
He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection?
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ ﴿٧﴾
Fa izaa bariqal basar
But when sight is confounded
وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ ﴿٨﴾
We khasafal qamar
And the moon is eclipsed
وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ ﴿٩﴾
Wa jumi'ash shamusu wal qamar
And sun and moon are united,
يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ ﴿١٠﴾
Yaqoolul insaanu yaw ma 'izin aynal mafarr
On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ ﴿١١﴾
Kallaa laa wazar
Alas! No refuge!
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ ﴿١٢﴾
Ilaa rabbika yawma 'izinil mustaqarr
Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.
يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ ﴿١٣﴾
Yunabba 'ul insaanu yawma 'izim bimaa qaddama wa akhkhar
On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.
بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌۭ ﴿١٤﴾
Balil insaanu 'alaa nafsihee baseerah
Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ ﴿١٥﴾
Wa law alqaa ma'aazeerah
Although he tender his excuses.
لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ ﴿١٦﴾
Laa tuharrik bihee lisaa naka lita'jala bih
Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ ﴿١٧﴾
Inna 'alainaa jam'ahoo wa qur aanah
Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.
فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ ﴿١٨﴾
Fa izaa qaraanaahu fattabi' qur aanah
And when We read it, follow thou the reading;
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ ﴿١٩﴾
Summa inna 'alainaa bayaanah
Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.
كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ ﴿٢٠﴾
Kallaa bal tuhibboonal 'aajilah
Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
Surah Al-Qiyamah, continued from ayah 21
وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ ﴿٢١﴾
Wa tazaroonal Aakhirah
And neglect the Hereafter.
وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ نَّاضِرَةٌ ﴿٢٢﴾
Wujoohuny yawma 'izin naadirah
That day will faces be resplendent,
إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌۭ ﴿٢٣﴾
Ilaa rabbihaa naazirah
Looking toward their Lord;
وَوُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌۭ ﴿٢٤﴾
Wa wujoohuny yawma 'izim baasirah
And that day will other faces be despondent,
تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌۭ ﴿٢٥﴾
Tazunnu any yuf'ala bihaa faaqirah
Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.
كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ ﴿٢٦﴾
Kallaaa izaa balaghatit taraaqee
Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍۢ ﴿٢٧﴾
Wa qeela man raaq
And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now)?
وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ ﴿٢٨﴾
Wa zanna annahul firaaq
And he knoweth that it is the parting;
وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ ﴿٢٩﴾
Waltaffatis saaqu bissaaq
And agony is heaped on agony;
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ ﴿٣٠﴾
Ilaa rabbika yawma'izinil masaaq
Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ ﴿٣١﴾
Falaa saddaqa wa laa sallaa
For he neither trusted, nor prayed.
وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ﴿٣٢﴾
Wa laakin kazzaba wa tawalla
But he denied and flouted.
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ ﴿٣٣﴾
Summa zahaba ilaaa ahlihee yatamatta
Then went he to his folk with glee.
أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ ﴿٣٤﴾
Awlaa laka fa awlaa
Nearer unto thee and nearer,
ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ ﴿٣٥﴾
Summa awlaa laka fa awla
Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى ﴿٣٦﴾
Ayahsabul insaanu anyytraka sudaa
Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless?
أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةًۭ مِّن مَّنِىٍّۢ يُمْنَىٰ ﴿٣٧﴾
Alam yaku nutfatam mim maniyyiny yumnaa
Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth?
ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةًۭ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ﴿٣٨﴾
Summa kaana 'alaqata fakhalaq fasawwaa
Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned
فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ ﴿٣٩﴾
Faja'ala minhuz zawjayniz zakara wal unsaa
And made of him a pair, the male and female.
أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْۦِىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ ﴿٤٠﴾
Alaisa zaalika biqaadirin 'alaaa any yuhyiyal mawtaa
Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life?
Arabic text: Uthmani script (Tanzil). English translation: Marmaduke Pickthall (1930, public domain). Transliteration: English transliteration from the Al Quran Cloud API, in a simple English spelling (it writes the Arabic letter dhal as “z”, while the duas on this site write it as “dh”). Audio: Mishary Rashid Alafasy. A translation conveys the meaning of the Quran; it is not the Quran itself.
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