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'''Sura al-Qiyāma''' (Arabic:{{ia|سورة القيامة}}) is 75th [[sura]] of the [[Qur'an]]. It is a [[Makki]] sura located in [[juz']] 29. This sura is called al-Qiyama because it begins with God's [[oath]] upon the [[Day of Resurrection]]. Sura al-Qiyama speaks about the definiteness of the occurrence of the Resurrection and description of that day. It describes humans on the Day of Resurrection to two groups of happy and fresh and sad and scowling and emphasizes on this point that human being is a witness to himself and his actions.

[[Verse]]s 3 and 4 of this sura are among its famous verses which say that God not only has the power to reconstruct decayed bones of humans upon Resurrection, but He can also recreate the tips of the fingers. It is the verse that is said to be referring to fingerprint and every person's identification using it. About the merits of the [[recitation]] of this sura, it is transmitted from the [[Prophet (s)]] that, "whoever recites the Sura al-Qiyama, I and [[Jabra'il]] (Gabriel) will testify for him on the Day of Resurrection that he [[faith|believed]] in that day and his face will be brighter than other creatures then."

This sura is called Sura al-Qiyama or Sura La Uqsim-u. The two names are adopted from the first verse of the sura, where [[God]] swears upon the Day of Resurrection.<ref>Khurramshāhī, ''Dānishnāma-yi Qurʾān'', vol. 2, p. 1259-1260.</ref>

Sura al-Qiyama is a [[Makki sura]] and 31st sura revealed to the Prophet (s). In the current order of the Qur'an, it is 75th sura<ref>Maʿrifat, ''Āmūzish-i ʿulūm-i Qurʾān'', vol. 2, p. 166.</ref> located in juz' 29.

Sura al-Qiyama speaks about definiteness of the occurrence of the Day of Resurrection and describes humans in the [[hereafter]] in two groups: one group having fresh faces and another group having sad and scowling faces. Then, it reminds that human being chooses this world which is present and forgets about the hereafter and there, he will be chagrined. It also mentions that human being is a witness to himself and his actions, even with he brings excuses and denies it. At the end, it asks deniers if God who creates human being from mere non-existence to sperm and then to a clinging mass, cannot resurrect the dead.<ref>Khurramshāhī, ''Dānishnāma-yi Qurʾān'', vol. 2, p. 1259-1260.</ref>

It is mentioned in [[hadiths]] that the Prophet (s), due to his love for receiving and memorizing the Qur'an, repeated it hastily upon reception, so the above verses were revealed.<ref>Makārim Shīrāzī, ''Tafsīr-i nimūna'', vol. 25, p. 296.</ref> But, it is mentioned in another commentary that before finishing the [[revelation]], the Prophet (s) recited it in advance and this shows that the Qur'an was previously revealed to the Prophet (s) all at once.<ref>Ṭabāṭabāyī, ''al-Mīzān'', vol. 14, p. 300.</ref> This question that only the concepts in the Qur'an are from God, not the actual words, the above verses are mentioned as arguments that "Qur'an-ah" means "reading" and implies that the words of the Qur'an are from God, not anyone else.<ref>Kārwarzī Waḥy Group, "Ilāhī budan-i alfāẓ-i Qurʾān", p. 35.</ref>

About the merits and benefits of this sura, it is transmitted from the Prophet (s), that "whoever recites the Sura al-Qiyama, I and [[Gabriel]] will testify for him on the Day of Resurrection that he believed in that day and his face will be brighter than other creatures then."<ref>Ṭabrisī, ''Majmaʿ al-bayān'', vol. 10, p. 190.</ref> Also, it is narrated from [[Imam al-Baqir (a)]] that whoever frequently recites Sura al-Qiyama and acts according to its verses, God will resurrect him the best way with the Prophet (s), while his face is happy until he will pass [[Sirat]] bridge and [[Mizan]].<ref>Ṣadūq, ''Thawāb al-aʿmāl'', p. 121.</ref>