| m_ali | |
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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? |