Translations of the Qur - Yusufali - 75. Sayfa

 

Translations of the Qur'an, Chapter 75:

 

AL-QIYAMA (THE RISING OF THE DEAD, RESURRECTION)

 

Total Verses: 40

Revealed At: MAKKA

Maududi's introduction

 

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In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.

 

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YUSUFALI: I do call to witness the Resurrection Day;

PICKTHAL: Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;

SHAKIR: Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.

 

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YUSUFALI: And I do call to witness the self-reproaching spirit: (Eschew Evil).

PICKTHAL: Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).

SHAKIR: Nay! I swear by the self-accusing soul.

 

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YUSUFALI: Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones?

PICKTHAL: Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones?

SHAKIR: Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?

 

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YUSUFALI: Nay, We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers.

PICKTHAL: Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!

SHAKIR: Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips

 

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YUSUFALI: But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in front of him.

PICKTHAL: But man would fain deny what is before him.

SHAKIR: Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.

 

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YUSUFALI: He questions: "When is the Day of Resurrection?"

PICKTHAL: He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection?

SHAKIR: He asks: When is the day of resurrection?

 

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YUSUFALI: At length, when the sight is dazed,

PICKTHAL: But when sight is confounded

SHAKIR: So when the sight becomes dazed,

 

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YUSUFALI: And the moon is buried in darkness.

PICKTHAL: And the moon is eclipsed

SHAKIR: And the moon becomes dark,

 

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YUSUFALI: And the sun and moon are joined together,-

PICKTHAL: And sun and moon are united,

SHAKIR: And the sun and the moon are brought together,

 

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YUSUFALI: That Day will Man say: "Where is the refuge?"

PICKTHAL: On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!

SHAKIR: Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?

 

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YUSUFALI: By no means! No place of safety!

PICKTHAL: Alas! No refuge!

SHAKIR: By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!

 

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YUSUFALI: Before thy Lord (alone), that Day will be the place of rest.

PICKTHAL: Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.

SHAKIR: With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.

 

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YUSUFALI: That Day will Man be told (all) that he put forward, and all that he put back.

PICKTHAL: On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.

SHAKIR: Man shall on that day be informed of what he sent before and (what he) put off.

 

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YUSUFALI: Nay, man will be evidence against himself,

PICKTHAL: Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,

SHAKIR: Nay! man is evidence against himself,

 

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YUSUFALI: Even though he were to put up his excuses.

PICKTHAL: Although he tender his excuses.

SHAKIR: Though he puts forth his excuses.

 

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YUSUFALI: Move not thy tongue concerning the (Qur'an) to make haste therewith.

PICKTHAL: Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.

SHAKIR: Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,

 

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YUSUFALI: It is for Us to collect it and to promulgate it:

PICKTHAL: Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.

SHAKIR: Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.

 

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YUSUFALI: But when We have promulgated it, follow thou its recital (as promulgated):

PICKTHAL: And when We read it, follow thou the reading;

SHAKIR: Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.

 

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YUSUFALI: Nay more, it is for Us to explain it (and make it clear):

PICKTHAL: Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.

SHAKIR: Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.

 

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YUSUFALI: Nay, (ye men!) but ye love the fleeting life,

PICKTHAL: Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now

SHAKIR: Nay! But you love the present life,

 

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YUSUFALI: And leave alone the Hereafter.

PICKTHAL: And neglect the Hereafter.

SHAKIR: And neglect the hereafter.

 

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YUSUFALI: Some faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness and beauty);-

PICKTHAL: That day will faces be resplendent,

SHAKIR: (Some) faces on that day shall be bright,

 

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YUSUFALI: Looking towards their Lord;

PICKTHAL: Looking toward their Lord;

SHAKIR: Looking to their Lord.

 

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YUSUFALI: And some faces, that Day, will be sad and dismal,

PICKTHAL: And that day will other faces be despondent,

SHAKIR: And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,

 

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YUSUFALI: In the thought that some back-breaking calamity was about to be inflicted on them;

PICKTHAL: Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.

SHAKIR: Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.

 

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YUSUFALI: Yea, when (the soul) reaches to the collar-bone (in its exit),

PICKTHAL: Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat

SHAKIR: Nay! When it comes up to the throat,

 

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YUSUFALI: And there will be a cry, "Who is a magician (to restore him)?"

PICKTHAL: And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now)?

SHAKIR: And it is said: Who will be a magician?

 

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YUSUFALI: And he will conclude that it was (the Time) of Parting;

PICKTHAL: And he knoweth that it is the parting;

SHAKIR: And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting

 

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YUSUFALI: And one leg will be joined with another:

PICKTHAL: And agony is heaped on agony;

SHAKIR: And affliction is combined with affliction;

 

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YUSUFALI: That Day the Drive will be (all) to thy Lord!

PICKTHAL: Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.

SHAKIR: To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.

 

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YUSUFALI: So he gave nothing in charity, nor did he pray!-

PICKTHAL: For he neither trusted, nor prayed.

SHAKIR: So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,

 

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YUSUFALI: But on the contrary, he rejected Truth and turned away!

PICKTHAL: But he denied and flouted.

SHAKIR: But called the truth a lie and turned back,

 

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YUSUFALI: Then did he stalk to his family in full conceit!

PICKTHAL: Then went he to his folk with glee.

SHAKIR: Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.

 

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YUSUFALI: Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!

PICKTHAL: Nearer unto thee and nearer,

SHAKIR: Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,

 

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YUSUFALI: Again, Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!

PICKTHAL: Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).

SHAKIR: Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.

 

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YUSUFALI: Does man think that he will be left uncontrolled, (without purpose)?

PICKTHAL: Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless?

SHAKIR: Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?

 

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YUSUFALI: Was he not a drop of sperm emitted (in lowly form)?

PICKTHAL: Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth?

SHAKIR: Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,

 

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YUSUFALI: Then did he become a leech-like clot; then did (Allah) make and fashion (him) in due proportion.

PICKTHAL: Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned

SHAKIR: Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.

 

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YUSUFALI: And of him He made two sexes, male and female.

PICKTHAL: And made of him a pair, the male and female.

SHAKIR: Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.

 

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YUSUFALI: Has not He, (the same), the power to give life to the dead?

PICKTHAL: Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life?

SHAKIR: Is not He able to give life to the dead?

 

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