La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
But man desires to continue in sin.
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara
Man will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
Fala saddaqa wala salla
And the disbeliever had not believed, nor had he prayed.
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?