| In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. |
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1. | Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection |
2. | Nay! I swear by the self-accusing soul |
3. | Does man think that We shall not gather his bones? |
4. | Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips |
S. | Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him |
6. | He asks: When is the day of resurrection? |
7. | So when the sight becomes dazed, |
8. | And the moon becomes dark, |
9. | And the sun and the moon are brought together, |
10. | Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to? |
11. | By no means! there shall be no place of refuge! |
12. | With your Lord alone shall on that rest. |
13. | Man shall on that day be informed of what he sent before and (what he) put off. |
14. | Nay! man is evidence against himself, |
15. | Though he puts forth his excuses |
16. | Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it, |
17. | Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it. |
18. | Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation. |
19. | Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it |
20. | Nay! But you love the present life, |
21. | And neglect the hereafter |
22. | (Some) faces on that day shall be bright, |
23. | Looking to their Lord |
24. | And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy, |
25. | Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity. |
26. | Nay! When it comes up to the throat, |
27. | And it is said: Who will be a magician? |
28. | And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting |
29. | And affliction is combined with affliction; |
30. | To your Lord on that day shall be the driving |
31. | So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray, |
32. | But called the truth a lie and turned back, |
33. | Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness. |
34. | Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer, |
35. | Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer |
36. | Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim? |
37. | Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements, |
38. | Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect. |
39. | Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female |
40. | Is not He able to give life to the dead? |