لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ١
1. I swear by the Day of Resurrection
Memorize Surah Al-Qiyamah
سورة القيامة
Surah Al-Qiyamah has 40 verses on 2 pages of the Madinah mushaf (pages 577 to 578), in juz 29. It splits into 2 portions, one per page: learn one, recite it without help, then move on to the next while linking it to the previous one.
Memorization plan for Surah Al-Qiyamah
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Tajweed rules
- Hamzat al-wasl (silent)
- Silent letter
- Lam shamsiyyah (assimilated)
- Normal madd (2 counts)
- Permissible madd (2, 4 or 6 counts)
- Obligatory madd (4 or 5 counts)
- Necessary madd (6 counts)
- Ghunnah (nasalisation, 2 counts)
- Qalqalah (echo)
- Ikhfa (concealment)
- Ikhfa shafawi (meem)
- Idgham with ghunnah
- Idgham without ghunnah
- Idgham shafawi (meem)
- Idgham mutajanisayn
- Idgham mutaqaribayn
- Iqlab (noon becomes meem)
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ ٢
2. And I swear by the reproaching soul1800 [to the certainty of resurrection].
Notes
[1800] i.e., that of the believer, which blames him when he falls into sin or error.
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ ٣
3. Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ ٤
4. Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ ٥
5. But man desires to continue in sin.1801
Notes
[1801] Literally, "to sin ahead of him." This refers to the disbeliever, who denies the Day of Account.
يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ٦
6. He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ ٧
7. So when vision is dazzled
وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ ٨
8. And the moon darkens
وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ ٩
9. And the sun and the moon are joined,
يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ ١٠
10. Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ ١١
11. No! There is no refuge.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ ١٢
12. To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ ١٣
13. Man will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead1802 and kept back.1803
Notes
[1802] i.e., his deeds, which await him in the Hereafter.
[1803] i.e., that which he did not do or which he delayed.
بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌ ١٤
14. Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,1804
Notes
[1804] As described in 36:65 and 41:20-23.
وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ ١٥
15. Even if he presents his excuses.
لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ ١٦
16. Move not your tongue with it, [O Muḥammad], to hasten with it [i.e., recitation of the Qur’ān].
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ ١٧
17. Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ ١٨
18. So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ ١٩
19. Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ ٢٠
20. No! But you [i.e., mankind] love the immediate
وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ ٢١
21. And leave [i.e., neglect] the Hereafter.
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ ٢٢
22. [Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ ٢٣
23. Looking at their Lord.1805
Notes
[1805] The people of Paradise will actually see their Creator in the Hereafter.
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌ ٢٤
24. And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ ٢٥
25. Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ ٢٦
26. No! When it [i.e., the soul] has reached the collar bones1806
Notes
[1806] At the time it is about to leave the body when one is on the verge of death.
وَقِيلَ مَنْ رَاقٍ ٢٧
27. And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ ٢٨
28. And he [i.e., the dying one] is certain that it is the [time of] separation
وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ ٢٩
29. And the leg is wound about the leg,1807
Notes
[1807] From the difficulties the person faces at death or his sudden awareness of the realities of both this world and the Hereafter. It may also refer to his shrouding after death.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ ٣٠
30. To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.1808
Notes
[1808] Literally, "driving" or "herding" or "the place to which one is driven."
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ ٣١
31. And he [i.e., the disbeliever] had not believed, nor had he prayed.
وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ٣٢
32. But [instead], he denied and turned away.
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ ٣٣
33. And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ ٣٤
34. Woe to you, and woe!
ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ ٣٥
35. Then woe to you, and woe!
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى ٣٦
36. Does man think that he will be left neglected?1809
Notes
[1809] i.e., to no end, without responsibility, or without being returned to the Creator for judgement.
أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِىٍّ يُمْنَىٰ ٣٧
37. Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ٣٨
38. Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allāh] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ ٣٩
39. And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْـِۧىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ ٤٠
40. Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?
Verses not to confuse
7 verses of Surah Al-Qiyamah resemble other verses of the Quran: a classic trap when reciting from memory. The closest ones:
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Al-Qiyamah 75:40
أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْـِۧىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ
Al-Ahqaf 46:33أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَلَمْ يَعْىَ بِخَلْقِهِنَّ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْـِۧىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
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Al-Qiyamah 75:34
أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ
Al-Qiyamah 75:35ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ
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Al-Qiyamah 75:12
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ
Al-Qiyamah 75:30إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ
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Al-Qiyamah 75:19
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ
Al-Ghashiyah 88:26ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم
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