Plain Arabic & English text (Surat Al-Qiyamah)
Ayah 1
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ
Nay I swear by (the) Day (of) the Resurrection
Ayah 2
وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ
And nay I swear by the soul self-accusing
Ayah 3
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ
Does think [the] man that not We will assemble his bones
Ayah 4
بَلَىٰ قَـٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ
Nay (We are) Able on that We can restore his fingertips
Ayah 5
بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ
Nay Desires [the] man to give (the) lie (to) what is before him
Ayah 6
يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ
He asks When (is the) Day (of) the Resurrection
Ayah 7
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ
So when is dazzled the vision
Ayah 8
وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ
And becomes dark the moon
Ayah 9
وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ
And are joined the sun and the moon
Ayah 10
يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ
Will say [the] man that Day Where (is) the escape
Ayah 11
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ
By no means (There is) no refuge
Ayah 12
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ
To your Lord that Day (is) the place of rest
Ayah 13
يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ
Will be informed [the] man that Day of what he sent forth and kept back
Ayah 14
بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌ
Nay [The] man against himself (will be) a witness
Ayah 15
وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ
Even if he presents his excuses
Ayah 16
لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ
Not move with it your tongue to hasten with it
Ayah 17
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ
Indeed upon Us (is) its collection and its recitation
Ayah 18
فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَـٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ
And when We have recited it then follow its recitation
Ayah 19
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ
Then indeed upon Us (is) its explanation
Ayah 20
كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ
No But you love the immediate
Ayah 21
وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ
And leave the Hereafter
Ayah 22
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ
Faces that Day (will be) radiant
Ayah 23
إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ
Towards their Lord looking
Ayah 24
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌ
And faces that Day (will be) distorted
Ayah 25
تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ
Thinking that will be done to them backbreaking
Ayah 26
كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ
No When it reaches the collar bones
Ayah 27
وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍ
And it is said Who (will) cure
Ayah 28
وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ
And he is certain that it (is) the parting
Ayah 29
وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ
And is wound the leg about the leg
Ayah 30
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ
To your Lord that Day (will be) the driving
Ayah 31
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ
And not he accepted (the) truth and not he prayed
Ayah 32
وَلَـٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
But he denied and turned away
Ayah 33
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ
Then he went to his family swaggering
Ayah 34
أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ
Woe to you and woe
Ayah 35
ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ
Then woe to you and woe
Ayah 36
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى
Does think man that he will be left neglected
Ayah 37
أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِىٍّ يُمْنَىٰ
Was not he a semen-drop of semen emitted
Ayah 38
ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
Then he was a clinging substance then He created and proportioned
Ayah 39
فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ
Then made of him two kinds (the) male and the female
Ayah 40
أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَـٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْـِۧىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ
Is not [that] (He) Able [over] to give life (to) the dead
Frequently asked questions
How many verses are in Surat Al-Qiyamah?
Surat Al-Qiyamah (القيامة) has 40 verses.
Was Surat Al-Qiyamah revealed in Makkah or Madinah?
Surat Al-Qiyamah was revealed in Makkah.
Which Quran pages is Surat Al-Qiyamah on?
In the standard mushaf, Surat Al-Qiyamah spans pages 577 to 578.
What is Surat Al-Qiyamah about?
The Surah has been so named after the word al-Qiyamah in the first verse. This is not only the name but also the title of this Surah, for it is devoted to Resurrection itself.
English translation: The Clear Quran by Dr. Mustafa Khattab (Quran.com). Quran.com.