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The rising of the dead [Al-Qiyama] - English Translation - Noor International Center

Surah The rising of the dead [Al-Qiyama] Ayah 40 Location Maccah Number 75

And I swear by the reproaching soul[1800] [to the certainty of resurrection].

Move not your tongue with it, [O Muḥammad], to hasten with it [i.e., recitation of the Qur’ān].

Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.

So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.

And leave [i.e., neglect] the Hereafter.

And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,

Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.

No! When it [i.e., the soul] has reached the collar bones[1806]

And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"

And he [i.e., the dying one] is certain that it is the [time of] separation

To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.[1808]

And he [i.e., the disbeliever] had not believed, nor had he prayed.

But [instead], he denied and turned away.

Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allāh] created [his form] and proportioned [him]