By the Day of Resurrection

and by the self-reproaching soul!

Does man think We shall not put his bones back together?

In fact, We can reshape his very fingertips.

Yet man wants to deny what is ahead of him:

he says, ‘So, when will this Day of Resurrection be?’

When eyes are dazzled

and the moon eclipsed,

when the sun and the moon are brought together,

on that Day man will say, ‘Where can I escape?’

Truly, there is no refuge:

they will all return to your Lord on that Day.

On that Day, man will be told what he put first and what he put last.

Truly, man is a clear witness against himself,

despite all the excuses he may put forward.

لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ

وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ

أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ

بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهُۥ

بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ

يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ

فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ

وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ

وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ

يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ

كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ

يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذِۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ

بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةࣱ

وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ

[Prophet], do not rush your tongue in an attempt to hasten [your memorization of] the Revelation:

We shall make sure of its safe collection and recitation.

When We have recited it, repeat the recitation

and We shall make it clear.

Truly you [people] love this fleeting world

and neglect the life to come.

On that Day there will be radiant faces,

looking towards their Lord,

and on that Day there will be the sad and despairing faces

of those who realize that a great calamity is about to befall them.

Truly, when the soul reaches the collarbone;

when he knows it is the final parting;

when his legs are brought together:

on that day he will be driven towards your Lord.

لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ

إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ

فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ

كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ

وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ

وُجُوهࣱ يَوْمَئِذࣲ نَّاضِرَةٌ

إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةࣱ

وَوُجُوهࣱ يَوْمَئِذِۭ بَاسِرَةࣱ

تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةࣱ

كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِيَ

وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ

وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ

He neither believed nor prayed,

but denied the truth and turned away,

walking back to his people with a conceited swagger.

Closer and closer it comes to you.

Closer and closer still.

Does man think he will be left alone?

Was he not just a drop of spilt-out sperm,

which became a clinging form, which God shaped in due proportion,

fashioning from it the two sexes, male and female?

Does He who can do this not have the power to bring the dead back to life?

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ

وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ

أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ

ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ

أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى

أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةࣰ مِّن مَّنِيࣲّ يُمْنَىٰ

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةࣰ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ

أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْـِۧيَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ