1 | Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection; |
2 | Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true). |
3 | Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ? |
4 | Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers! |
5 | But man would fain deny what is before him. |
6 | He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ? |
7 | But when sight is confounded |
8 | And the moon is eclipsed |
9 | And sun and moon are united, |
10 | On that day man will cry: Whither to flee! |
11 | Alas! No refuge! |
12 | Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day. |
13 | On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind. |
14 | Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself, |
15 | Although he tender his excuses. |
16 | Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it. |
17 | Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof. |
18 | And when We read it, follow thou the reading; |
19 | Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof. |
20 | Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now |
21 | And neglect the Hereafter. |
22 | That day will faces be resplendent, |
23 | Looking toward their Lord; |
24 | And that day will other faces be despondent, |
25 | Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them. |
26 | Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat |
27 | And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ? |
28 | And he knoweth that it is the parting; |
29 | And agony is heaped on agony; |
30 | Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving. |
31 | For he neither trusted, nor prayed. |
32 | But he denied and flouted. |
33 | Then went he to his folk with glee. |
34 | Nearer unto thee and nearer, |
35 | Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom). |
36 | Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ? |
37 | Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ? |
38 | Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned |
39 | And made of him a pair, the male and female. |
40 | Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ? |