I swear by the Day of Resurrection  

لَا أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ  

And I swear by the reproaching soul ˹to the certainty of resurrection˺.  

وَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالنَّفْسِ اللَّوَّامَةِ  

Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?  

أَيَحْسَبُ الْإِنْسَانُ أَلَّنْ نَجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُ  

Yes. ˹We are˺ Able ˹even˺ to proportion his fingertips.  

بَلَىٰ قَادِرِينَ عَلَىٰ أَنْ نُسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهُ  

But man desires to continue in sin.  

بَلْ يُرِيدُ الْإِنْسَانُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُ  

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

يَسْأَلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ  

So when vision is dazzled  

فَإِذَا بَرِقَ الْبَصَرُ  

And the moon darkens  

وَخَسَفَ الْقَمَرُ  

And the sun and the moon are joined,  

وَجُمِعَ الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ  

Man will say on that Day, "Where is the ˹place of˺ escape?"  

يَقُولُالْإِنْسَانُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ الْمَفَرُّ  

No! There is no refuge.  

كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ  

To your Lord, that Day, is the ˹place of˺ permanence.  

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ الْمُسْتَقَرُّ  

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

يُنَبَّأُ الْإِنْسَانُ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ  

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

بَلِ الْإِنْسَانُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِ بَصِيرَةٌ  

Even if he presents his excuses.  

وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُ  

Move not your tongue with it, ˹O Muhammad˺, to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.  

لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِ  

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

إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُ وَقُرْآنَهُ  

So when We have recited it ˹through Gabriel˺, then follow its recitation.  

فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَاهُ فَاتَّبِعْ قُرْآنَهُ  

Then upon Us is its clarification ˹to you˺.  

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُ  

No! But you love the immediate  

كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ الْعَاجِلَةَ  

And leave the Hereafter.  

وَتَذَرُونَ الْآخِرَةَ  

˹Some˺ faces, that Day, will be radiant,  

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَاضِرَةٌ  

Looking at their Lord.  

إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ  

And ˹some˺ faces, that Day, will be contorted,  

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ بَاسِرَةٌ  

Expecting that there will be done to them ˹something˺ backbreaking.  

تَظُنُّ أَنْ يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ  

No! When the soul has reached the collar bones  

كَلَّا إِذَا بَلَغَتِ التَّرَاقِيَ  

And it is said, "Who will cure ˹him˺?"  

وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍ  

And the dying one is certain that it is the ˹time of˺ separation  

وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ الْفِرَاقُ  

And the leg is wound about the leg,  

وَالْتَفَّتِ السَّاقُ بِالسَّاقِ  

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

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ الْمَسَاقُ  

And the disbeliever had not believed, nor had he prayed.  

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ  

But ˹instead˺, he denied and turned away.  

وَلَٰكِنْ كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ  

And then he went to his people, swaggering ˹in pride˺.  

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ يَتَمَطَّىٰ  

Woe to you, and woe!  

أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ  

Then woe to you, and woe!  

ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ  

Does man think that he will be left neglected?  

أَيَحْسَبُ الْإِنْسَانُ أَنْ يُتْرَكَ سُدًى  

Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?  

أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِنْ مَنِيٍّ يُمْنَىٰ  

Then he was a clinging clot, and ˹Allah˺ created ˹his form˺ and proportioned ˹him˺  

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ  

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

فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ الزَّوْجَيْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالْأُنْثَىٰ  

Is not that ˹Creator˺ Able to give life to the dead?  

أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَادِرٍ عَلَىٰ أَنْ يُحْيِيَ الْمَوْتَىٰ