Laaa uqsimu bi yawmil qiyaamah

I do swear by the Day of Judgment!

Wa laaa uqsimu bin nafsil lawwaamah

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

Ayahsabul insaanu al lan najm'a 'izaamah

Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

Balaa qaadireena 'alaaa an nusawwiya banaanah

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

Bal yureedul insaanu liyafjura amaamah

But man desires to continue in sin.

Yas'alu ayyyaana yawmul qiyaamah

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

Fa izaa bariqal basar

So when vision is dazzled.

Wa khasafal qamar

And the moon darkens.

Wa jumi'ash shamsu wal qamar

And the sun and the moon are joined,

Yaqoolul insaanu yaw ma 'izin aynal mafarr

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

Kallaa laa wazar

No! There is no refuge.

Ilaa rabbika yawma 'izinil mustaqarr

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

Yunabba 'ul insaanu yawma 'izim bimaa qaddama wa akhkhar

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

Balil insaanu 'alaa nafsihee baseerah

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

Wa law alqaa ma'aazeerah

Even if he presents his excuses.

Laa tuharrik bihee lisaa naka lita'jala bih

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

Inna 'alainaa jam'ahoo wa qur aanah

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

Fa izaa qaraanaahu fattabi' qur aanah

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

Summa inna 'alainaa bayaanah

Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].

Kallaa bal tuhibboonal 'aajilah

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

Wa tazaroonal Aakhirah

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

Wujoohuny yawma 'izin naadirah

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

Ilaa rabbihaa naazirah

Looking at their Lord.

Wa wujoohuny yawma 'izim baasirah

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

Tazunnu any yuf'ala bihaa faaqirah

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

Kallaaa izaa balaghatit taraaqee

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

Wa qeela man raaq

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

Wa zanna annahul firaaq

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

Waltaffatis saaqu bissaaq

And the leg is wound about the leg,

Ilaa rabbika yawma'izinil masaaq

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

Falaa saddaqa wa laa sallaa

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

Wa laakin kazzaba wa tawalla

But [instead], he denied and turned away.

Summa zahaba ilaaa ahlihee yatamatta

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

Awlaa laka fa awlaa

Woe to you, and woe!

Summa awlaa laka fa awla

Then woe to you, and woe!

Ayahsabul insaanu ai yutraka sudaa

Does man think that he will be left neglected?

Alam yaku nutfatam mim maniyyiny yumnaa

Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

Summa kaana 'alaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwaa

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

Faja'ala minhuz zawjayniz zakara wal unsaa

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

Alaisa zaalika biqaadirin 'alaaa any yuhyiyal mawtaa

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