Surah Al-Qiyaama word by word

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Al-Qiyaama (القيامة) word by word, in full: Meccan, revealed in Mecca, 40 verses, 164 words. Each verse is displayed in Arabic with its English translation, then broken down into words, each with its transliteration and meaning.

With 164 words to discover, Surah Al-Qiyaama becomes accessible even without knowing how to read Arabic: the transliteration guides the pronunciation and the meaning gives the sense. Repeat each word, then read the whole verse again: this is the most effective way to memorize this surah, understand what you recite in prayer and grow your Quranic vocabulary.

Updated on 30 September 2026 at 4:42 AM

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Verse 1 - Surah Al-Qiyaama: 4 words

لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ

I swear by the Day of Resurrection

لَآ lā Nay
أُقْسِمُ uq'simu I swear
بِيَوْمِ biyawmi by (the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ l-qiyāmati (of) the Resurrection

Verse 2 - Surah Al-Qiyaama: 4 words

وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ

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

وَلَآ walā And nay
أُقْسِمُ uq'simu I swear
بِٱلنَّفْسِ bil-nafsi by the soul
ٱللَّوَّامَةِ l-lawāmati self-accusing

Verse 3 - Surah Al-Qiyaama: 5 words

أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ

Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

أَيَحْسَبُ ayaḥsabu Does think
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ l-insānu [the] man
أَلَّن allan that not
نَّجْمَعَ najmaʿa We will assemble
عِظَامَهُۥ ʿiẓāmahu his bones

Verse 4 - Surah Al-Qiyaama: 6 words

بَلَىٰ قَـٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ

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

بَلَىٰ balā Nay
قَـٰدِرِينَ qādirīna (We are) Able
عَلَىٰٓ ʿalā on
أَن an that
نُّسَوِّىَ nusawwiya We can restore
بَنَانَهُۥ banānahu his fingertips

Verse 5 - Surah Al-Qiyaama: 5 words

بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ

But man desires to continue in sin.

بَلْ bal Nay
يُرِيدُ yurīdu Desires
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ l-insānu [the] man
لِيَفْجُرَ liyafjura to give (the) lie
أَمَامَهُۥ amāmahu (to) what is before him

Verse 6 - Surah Al-Qiyaama: 4 words

يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ

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

يَسْـَٔلُ yasalu He asks
أَيَّانَ ayyāna When
يَوْمُ yawmu (is the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ l-qiyāmati (of) the Resurrection

Verse 7 - Surah Al-Qiyaama: 3 words

فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ

So when vision is dazzled

فَإِذَا fa-idhā So when
بَرِقَ bariqa is dazzled
ٱلْبَصَرُ l-baṣaru the vision

Verse 8 - Surah Al-Qiyaama: 2 words

وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ

And the moon darkens

وَخَسَفَ wakhasafa And becomes dark
ٱلْقَمَرُ l-qamaru the moon

Verse 9 - Surah Al-Qiyaama: 3 words

وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ

And the sun and the moon are joined,

وَجُمِعَ wajumiʿa And are joined
ٱلشَّمْسُ l-shamsu the sun
وَٱلْقَمَرُ wal-qamaru and the moon

Verse 10 - Surah Al-Qiyaama: 5 words

يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ

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

يَقُولُ yaqūlu Will say
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ l-insānu [the] man
يَوْمَئِذٍ yawma-idhin that Day
أَيْنَ ayna Where
ٱلْمَفَرُّ l-mafaru (is) the escape

Verse 11 - Surah Al-Qiyaama: 3 words

كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ

No! There is no refuge.

كَلَّا kallā By no means
لَا lā (There is) no
وَزَرَ wazara refuge

Verse 12 - Surah Al-Qiyaama: 4 words

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ

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

إِلَىٰ ilā To
رَبِّكَ rabbika your Lord
يَوْمَئِذٍ yawma-idhin that Day
ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ l-mus'taqaru (is) the place of rest

Verse 13 - Surah Al-Qiyaama: 6 words

يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ

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

يُنَبَّؤُا۟ yunabba-u Will be informed
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ l-insānu [the] man
يَوْمَئِذٍۭ yawma-idhin that Day
بِمَا bimā of what
قَدَّمَ qaddama he sent forth
وَأَخَّرَ wa-akhara and kept back

Verse 14 - Surah Al-Qiyaama: 5 words

بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌۭ

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

بَلِ bali Nay
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ l-insānu [The] man
عَلَىٰ ʿalā against
نَفْسِهِۦ nafsihi himself
بَصِيرَةٌۭ baṣīratun (will be) a witness

Verse 15 - Surah Al-Qiyaama: 3 words

وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ

Even if he presents his excuses.

وَلَوْ walaw Even if
أَلْقَىٰ alqā he presents
مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ maʿādhīrahu his excuses

Verse 16 - Surah Al-Qiyaama: 6 words

لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ

Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.

لَا lā Not
تُحَرِّكْ tuḥarrik move
بِهِۦ bihi with it
لِسَانَكَ lisānaka your tongue
لِتَعْجَلَ litaʿjala to hasten
بِهِۦٓ bihi with it

Verse 17 - Surah Al-Qiyaama: 4 words

إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ

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

إِنَّ inna Indeed
عَلَيْنَا ʿalaynā upon Us
جَمْعَهُۥ jamʿahu (is) its collection
وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ waqur'ānahu and its recitation

Verse 18 - Surah Al-Qiyaama: 4 words

فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَـٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ

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

فَإِذَا fa-idhā And when
قَرَأْنَـٰهُ qaranāhu We have recited it
فَٱتَّبِعْ fa-ittabiʿ then follow
قُرْءَانَهُۥ qur'ānahu its recitation

Verse 19 - Surah Al-Qiyaama: 4 words

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ

Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].

ثُمَّ thumma Then
إِنَّ inna indeed
عَلَيْنَا ʿalaynā upon Us
بَيَانَهُۥ bayānahu (is) its explanation

Verse 20 - Surah Al-Qiyaama: 4 words

كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ

No! But you love the immediate

كَلَّا kallā No
بَلْ bal But
تُحِبُّونَ tuḥibbūna you love
ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ l-ʿājilata the immediate

Verse 21 - Surah Al-Qiyaama: 2 words

وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ

And leave the Hereafter.

وَتَذَرُونَ watadharūna And leave
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ l-ākhirata the Hereafter

Verse 22 - Surah Al-Qiyaama: 3 words

وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ نَّاضِرَةٌ

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

وُجُوهٌۭ wujūhun Faces
يَوْمَئِذٍۢ yawma-idhin that Day
نَّاضِرَةٌ nāḍiratun (will be) radiant

Verse 23 - Surah Al-Qiyaama: 3 words

إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌۭ

Looking at their Lord.

إِلَىٰ ilā Towards
رَبِّهَا rabbihā their Lord
نَاظِرَةٌۭ nāẓiratun looking

Verse 24 - Surah Al-Qiyaama: 3 words

وَوُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌۭ

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

وَوُجُوهٌۭ wawujūhun And faces
يَوْمَئِذٍۭ yawma-idhin that Day
بَاسِرَةٌۭ bāsiratun (will be) distorted

Verse 25 - Surah Al-Qiyaama: 5 words

تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌۭ

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

تَظُنُّ taẓunnu Thinking
أَن an that
يُفْعَلَ yuf'ʿala will be done
بِهَا bihā to them
فَاقِرَةٌۭ fāqiratun backbreaking

Verse 26 - Surah Al-Qiyaama: 4 words

كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ

No! When the soul has reached the collar bones

كَلَّآ kallā No
إِذَا idhā When
بَلَغَتِ balaghati it reaches
ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ l-tarāqiya the collar bones

Verse 27 - Surah Al-Qiyaama: 3 words

وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍۢ

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

وَقِيلَ waqīla And it is said
مَنْ ۜ man Who
رَاقٍۢ rāqin (will) cure

Verse 28 - Surah Al-Qiyaama: 3 words

وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ

And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation

وَظَنَّ waẓanna And he is certain
أَنَّهُ annahu that it
ٱلْفِرَاقُ l-firāqu (is) the parting

Verse 29 - Surah Al-Qiyaama: 3 words

وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ

And the leg is wound about the leg,

وَٱلْتَفَّتِ wal-tafati And is wound
ٱلسَّاقُ l-sāqu the leg
بِٱلسَّاقِ bil-sāqi about the leg

Verse 30 - Surah Al-Qiyaama: 4 words

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ

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

إِلَىٰ ilā To
رَبِّكَ rabbika your Lord
يَوْمَئِذٍ yawma-idhin that Day
ٱلْمَسَاقُ l-masāqu (will be) the driving

Verse 31 - Surah Al-Qiyaama: 4 words

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ

And the disbeliever had not believed, nor had he prayed.

فَلَا falā And not
صَدَّقَ ṣaddaqa he accepted (the) truth
وَلَا walā and not
صَلَّىٰ ṣallā he prayed

Verse 32 - Surah Al-Qiyaama: 3 words

وَلَـٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

But [instead], he denied and turned away.

وَلَـٰكِن walākin But
كَذَّبَ kadhaba he denied
وَتَوَلَّىٰ watawallā and turned away

Verse 33 - Surah Al-Qiyaama: 5 words

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ

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

ثُمَّ thumma Then
ذَهَبَ dhahaba he went
إِلَىٰٓ ilā to
أَهْلِهِۦ ahlihi his family
يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ yatamaṭṭā swaggering

Verse 34 - Surah Al-Qiyaama: 3 words

أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ

Woe to you, and woe!

أَوْلَىٰ awlā Woe
لَكَ laka to you
فَأَوْلَىٰ fa-awlā and woe

Verse 35 - Surah Al-Qiyaama: 4 words

ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ

Then woe to you, and woe!

ثُمَّ thumma Then
أَوْلَىٰ awlā woe
لَكَ laka to you
فَأَوْلَىٰٓ fa-awlā and woe

Verse 36 - Surah Al-Qiyaama: 5 words

أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى

Does man think that he will be left neglected?

أَيَحْسَبُ ayaḥsabu Does think
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ l-insānu man
أَن an that
يُتْرَكَ yut'raka he will be left
سُدًى sudan neglected

Verse 37 - Surah Al-Qiyaama: 6 words

أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةًۭ مِّن مَّنِىٍّۢ يُمْنَىٰ

Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

أَلَمْ alam Was not
يَكُ yaku he
نُطْفَةًۭ nuṭ'fatan a semen-drop
مِّن min of
مَّنِىٍّۢ maniyyin semen
يُمْنَىٰ yum'nā emitted

Verse 38 - Surah Al-Qiyaama: 5 words

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةًۭ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

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

ثُمَّ thumma Then
كَانَ kāna he was
عَلَقَةًۭ ʿalaqatan a clinging substance
فَخَلَقَ fakhalaqa then He created
فَسَوَّىٰ fasawwā and proportioned

Verse 39 - Surah Al-Qiyaama: 5 words

فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ

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

فَجَعَلَ fajaʿala Then made
مِنْهُ min'hu of him
ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ l-zawjayni two kinds
ٱلذَّكَرَ l-dhakara (the) male
وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ wal-unthā and the female

Verse 40 - Surah Al-Qiyaama: 7 words

أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَـٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْـِۧىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ

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

أَلَيْسَ alaysa Is not
ذَٰلِكَ dhālika [that]
بِقَـٰدِرٍ biqādirin (He) Able
عَلَىٰٓ ʿalā [over]
أَن an to
يُحْـِۧىَ yuḥ'yiya give life
ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ l-mawtā (to) the dead

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