Surah Al-Qiyamah for Kids

Surah Al-Qiyamah full text with English translation

Uthmani Arabic text with the Sahih International English translation under each ayah.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 1

   لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ

   I swear by the Day of Resurrection

2. 2

   وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ

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

3. 3

   أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ

   Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

4. 4

   بَلَىٰ قَـٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ

   Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.

5. 5

   بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ

   But man desires to continue in sin.

6. 6

   يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ

   He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"

7. 7

   فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ

   So when vision is dazzled.

8. 8

   وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ

   And the moon darkens.

9. 9

   وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ

   And the sun and the moon are joined,

10. 10

    يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ

    Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"

11. 11

    كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ

    No! There is no refuge.

12. 12

    إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ

    To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.

13. 13

    يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ

    Man will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.

14. 14

    بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌۭ

    Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,

15. 15

    وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ

    Even if he presents his excuses.

16. 16

    لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ

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

17. 17

    إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ

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

18. 18

    فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَـٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ

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

19. 19

    ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ

    Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].

20. 20

    كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ

    No! But you [i.e., mankind] love the immediate

21. 21

    وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ

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

22. 22

    وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ نَّاضِرَةٌ

    [Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,

23. 23

    إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌۭ

    Looking at their Lord.

24. 24

    وَوُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌۭ

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

25. 25

    تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌۭ

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

26. 26

    كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ

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

27. 27

    وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍۢ

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

28. 28

    وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ

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

29. 29

    وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ

    And the leg is wound about the leg,

30. 30

    إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ

    To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.

31. 31

    فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ

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

32. 32

    وَلَـٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

    But [instead], he denied and turned away.

33. 33

    ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ

    And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].

34. 34

    أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ

    Woe to you, and woe!

35. 35

    ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ

    Then woe to you, and woe!

36. 36

    أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى

    Does man think that he will be left neglected?

37. 37

    أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةًۭ مِّن مَّنِىٍّۢ يُمْنَىٰ

    Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

38. 38

    ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةًۭ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

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

39. 39

    فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ

    And made of him two mates, the male and the female.

40. 40

    أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَـٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْـِۧىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ

    Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?

Surah Al-Qiyamah word by word

Every word of the surah with its pronunciation and English meaning, in reading order.

How to memorize Surah Al-Qiyamah

1. Listen: press “Start learning” and listen to Mishary Alafasy recite Surah Al-Qiyamah three times while following the Arabic text.
2. Practice each ayah: in Practice mode every ayah repeats ×3, ×5 or ×7 with an echo pause, so your child says it back out loud.
3. Learn it in parts: with 40 ayat, split it into 8 parts of 5 ayat and only move on when the current part is solid.
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5. Puzzles: put the words of each ayah back in order to check the memorization, then review it tomorrow before starting the next surah.

Surah Al-Qiyamah facts

Surah number

75

Ayat

40

Revelation

Makki (Makkah)

Juz

29

In the Mushaf

Pages 577–578

Position in Noor Garden path

41 of 49

Reciter

Mishary Rashid Alafasy

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