٢Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).

Wa laaa uqsimu bin nafsil lawwaamah

٣Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones?

Ayahsabul insaanu al lan najm'a 'izaamah

٤Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!

Balaa qaadireena 'alaaa an nusawwiya banaanah

٥But man would fain deny what is before him.

Bal yureedul insaanu liyafjura amaamah

٦He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection?

Yas'alu ayyyaana yawmul qiyaamah

٧But when sight is confounded

Fa izaa bariqal basar

٨And the moon is eclipsed

We khasafal qamar

٩And sun and moon are united,

Wa jumi'ash shamusu wal qamar

١٠On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!

Yaqoolul insaanu yaw ma 'izin aynal mafarr

١١Alas! No refuge!

Kallaa laa wazar

١٢Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.

Ilaa rabbika yawma 'izinil mustaqarr

١٣On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.

Yunabba 'ul insaanu yawma 'izim bimaa qaddama wa akhkhar

١٤Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,

Balil insaanu 'alaa nafsihee baseerah

١٥Although he tender his excuses.

Wa law alqaa ma'aazeerah

١٦Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.

Laa tuharrik bihee lisaa naka lita'jala bih

١٧Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.

Inna 'alainaa jam'ahoo wa qur aanah

١٨And when We read it, follow thou the reading;

Fa izaa qaraanaahu fattabi' qur aanah

١٩Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.

Summa inna 'alainaa bayaanah

٢٠Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now

Kallaa bal tuhibboonal 'aajilah

٢١And neglect the Hereafter.

Wa tazaroonal Aakhirah

٢٢That day will faces be resplendent,

Wujoohuny yawma 'izin naadirah

٢٣Looking toward their Lord;

Ilaa rabbihaa naazirah

٢٤And that day will other faces be despondent,

Wa wujoohuny yawma 'izim baasirah

٢٥Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.

Tazunnu any yuf'ala bihaa faaqirah

٢٦Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat

Kallaaa izaa balaghatit taraaqee

٢٧And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now)?

Wa qeela man raaq

٢٨And he knoweth that it is the parting;

Wa zanna annahul firaaq

٢٩And agony is heaped on agony;

Waltaffatis saaqu bissaaq

٣٠Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.

Ilaa rabbika yawma'izinil masaaq

٣١For he neither trusted, nor prayed.

Falaa saddaqa wa laa sallaa

٣٢But he denied and flouted.

Wa laakin kazzaba wa tawalla

٣٣Then went he to his folk with glee.

Summa zahaba ilaaa ahlihee yatamatta

٣٤Nearer unto thee and nearer,

Awlaa laka fa awlaa

٣٥Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).

Summa awlaa laka fa awla

٣٦Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless?

Ayahsabul insaanu anyytraka sudaa

٣٧Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth?

Alam yaku nutfatam mim maniyyiny yumnaa

٣٨Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned

Summa kaana 'alaqata fakhalaq fasawwaa

٣٩And made of him a pair, the male and female.

Faja'ala minhuz zawjayniz zakara wal unsaa

٤٠Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life?

Alaisa zaalika biqaadirin 'alaaa any yuhyiyal mawtaa