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1.  *     Nay, I swear by the day of resurrection!
 
2.  *     Nay, I swear by the self-accusing spirit!
 
3.  *     Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
 
4.  *     Yea, We are Powerful to make complete his whole make.
 
5.  *     Nay, man desires to go on doing evil in front of him.
 
6.  *     He asks: When is the day of Resurrection?
 
7.  *     So when the sight is confused,
 
8.  *     And the moon becomes dark,
 
9.  *     And the sun and the moon are brought together --
 
10.  *     Man will say on that day: Whither to flee?
 
11.  *     No! There is no refuge!
 
12.  *     With thy Lord on that day is the place of rest.
 
13.  *     Man will that day be informed of what he sent before and what he put off.
 
14.  *     Nay, man is evidence against himself,
 
15.  *     Though he put up excuses.
 
16.  *     Move not thy tongue therewith to make haste with it.
 
17.  *     Surely on Us rests the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
 
18.  *     So when We recite it, follow its recitation.
 
19.  *     Again on Us rests the explaining of it.
 
20.  *     Nay, but you love the present life,
 
21.  *     And neglect the hereafter.
 
22.  *     (Some) faces that day will be bright,
 
23.  *     Looking to their Lord.
 
24.  *     And (other) faces that day will be gloomy,
 
25.  *     Knowing that a great disaster will be made to befall them.
 
26.  *     Nay, when it comes up to the throat,
 
27.  *     And it is said: Who will ascend (with it)?
 
28.  *     And he is sure that it is the parting,
 
29.  *     And affliction is combined with affliction --
 
30.  *     To thy Lord on that day is the driving.
 
31.  *     So he accepted not the truth nor prayed,
 
32.  *     But denied and turned back,
 
33.  *     Then he went to his people in haughtiness.
 
34.  *     Nearer to thee and nearer,
 
35.  *     Again, nearer to thee and nearer (is woe).
 
36.  *     Does man think that he will be left aimless?
 
37.  *     Was he not a small life-germ in sperm emitted?
 
38.  *     Then he was a clot; so He created (him), then made (him) perfect.
 
39.  *     Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
 
40.  *     Is not He powerful to give life to the dead?