(1)لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَـٰمَةِ
Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;
(2) وَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلنَّفۡسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ
Nay, I swear by the accusing soul that this Scripture is true.
(3) أَيَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجۡمَعَ عِظَامَهُ ۥ
Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones?
(4) بَلَىٰ قَـٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُ ۥ
Yea, verily Yea. We are Able to restore his very fingers!
(5) بَلۡ يُرِيدُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ لِيَفۡجُرَ أَمَامَهُ ۥ
But man would fain deny what is before him.
(6) يَسۡـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوۡمُ ٱلۡقِيَـٰمَةِ
He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection?
(7) فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ
But when sight is confounded
(8) وَخَسَفَ ٱلۡقَمَرُ
And the moon is eclipsed
(9) وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ
And sun and moon are united,
(10) يَقُولُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ يَوۡمَٮِٕذٍ أَيۡنَ ٱلۡمَفَرُّ
On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
(11) كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ
Alas! No refuge!
(12) إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَٮِٕذٍ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقَرُّ
Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.
(13) يُنَبَّؤُاْ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ يَوۡمَٮِٕذِۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ
On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.
(14) بَلِ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفۡسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌ۬
Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
(15) وَلَوۡ أَلۡقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُ ۥ
Although he tender his excuses.
(16) لَا تُحَرِّكۡ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعۡجَلَ بِهِۦۤ
Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.
(17) إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا جَمۡعَهُ ۥ وَقُرۡءَانَهُ ۥ
Lo! upon Us resteth the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.
(18) فَإِذَا قَرَأۡنَـٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعۡ قُرۡءَانَهُ ۥ
And when We read it, follow thou the reading;
(19) ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا بَيَانَهُ ۥ
Then lo! upon Us resteth the explanation thereof.
(20) كَلَّا بَلۡ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡعَاجِلَةَ
Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
(21) وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلۡأَخِرَةَ
And neglect the Hereafter.
(22) وُجُوهٌ۬ يَوۡمَٮِٕذٍ۬ نَّاضِرَةٌ
That day will faces be resplendent,
(23) إِلَىٰ رَبِّہَا نَاظِرَةٌ۬
Looking toward their Lord;
(24) وَوُجُوهٌ۬ يَوۡمَٮِٕذِۭ بَاسِرَةٌ۬
And that day will other faces be despondent,
(25) تَظُنُّ أَن يُفۡعَلَ بِہَا فَاقِرَةٌ۬
Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.
(26) كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ
Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
(27) وَقِيلَ مَنۡۜ رَاقٍ۬
And it is said: Where is the wizard who can save him now?
(28) وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلۡفِرَاقُ
And he knoweth that it is the parting;
(29) وَٱلۡتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ
And agony is heaped on agony;
(30) إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَٮِٕذٍ ٱلۡمَسَاقُ
Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
(31) فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ
For he neither trusted, nor prayed.
(32) وَلَـٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
But he denied and flouted.
(33) ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ
Then went he to his folk with glee.
(34) أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰ
Nearer unto thee and nearer,
(35) ثُمَّ أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰٓ
Again nearer unto thee and nearer is the doom.
(36) أَيَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ أَن يُتۡرَكَ سُدًى
Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless?
(37) أَلَمۡ يَكُ نُطۡفَةً۬ مِّن مَّنِىٍّ۬ يُمۡنَىٰ
Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth?
(38) ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً۬ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
Then he became a clot; then Allah shaped and fashioned
(39) فَجَعَلَ مِنۡهُ ٱلزَّوۡجَيۡنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰٓ
And made of him a pair, the male and female.
(40) أَلَيۡسَ ذَٲلِكَ بِقَـٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحۡـِۧىَ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ
Is not He Who doeth so able to bring the dead to life?
