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