I swear by the Day of Resurrection

La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamat

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

Wala oqsimu binnafsi allawwamat

Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

Ayahsabu al-insanu allannajmaAAa AAithamah

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

Bala qadireena AAala annusawwiya bananah

But man desires to continue in sin.

Bal yureedu al-insanu liyafjura amamah

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

Yas-alu ayyana yawmu alqiyama

So when vision is dazzled.

Fa-itha bariqa albasar

And the moon darkens.

Wakhasafa alqamar

And the sun and the moon are joined,

WajumiAAa ashshamsu walqamar

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

Yaqoolu al-insanu yawma-ithinayna almafar

No! There is no refuge.

Kalla la wazar

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

Ila rabbika yawma-ithinalmustaqar

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

Yunabbao al-insanu yawma-ithinbima qaddama waakhkhar

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

Bali al-insanu AAala nafsihibaseera

Even if he presents his excuses.

Walaw alqa maAAatheerah

Move not your tongue with it, [O Muḥammad], to hasten with it [i.e., recitation of the Qur’ān].

La tuharrik bihi lisanakalitaAAjala bih

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

Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waqur-anah

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

Fa-itha qara/nahu fattabiAAqur-anah

Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].

Thumma inna AAalayna bayanah

No! But you [i.e., mankind] love the immediate

Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajila

And leave [i.e., neglect] the Hereafter.

Watatharoona al-akhira

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

Wujoohun yawma-ithin nadira

Looking at their Lord.

Ila rabbiha nathira

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

Wawujoohun yawma-ithin basira

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

Tathunnu an yufAAala bihafaqira

No! When it [i.e., the soul] has reached the collar bones

Kalla itha balaghati attaraqiy

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

Waqeela man raq

And he [i.e., the dying one] is certain that it is the [time of] separation

Wathanna annahu alfiraq

And the leg is wound about the leg,

Waltaffati assaqu bilssaq

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

Ila rabbika yawma-ithin almasaq

And he [i.e., the disbeliever] had not believed, nor had he prayed.

Fala saddaqa wala salla

But [instead], he denied and turned away.

Walakin kaththaba watawalla

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

Thumma thahaba ila ahlihiyatamatta

Woe to you, and woe!

Awla laka faawla

Then woe to you, and woe!

Thumma awla laka faawla

Does man think that he will be left neglected?

Ayahsabu al-insanu an yutrakasuda

Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna

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

Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqafasawwa

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

FajaAAala minhu azzawjayni aththakarawal-ontha

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

Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAalaan yuhyiya almawta