| shakir | |
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| 1. * | Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection. |
| 2. * | Nay! I swear by the self-accusing soul. |
| 3. * | Does man think that We shall not gather his bones? |
| 4. * | Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips |
| 5. * | Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him. |
| 6. * | He asks: When is the day of resurrection? |
| 7. * | So when the sight becomes dazed, |
| 8. * | And the moon becomes dark, |
| 9. * | And the sun and the moon are brought together, |
| 10. * | Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to? |
| 11. * | By no means! there shall be no place of refuge! |
| 12. * | With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest. |
| 13. * | Man shall on that day be informed of what he sent before and (what he) put off. |
| 14. * | Nay! man is evidence against himself, |
| 15. * | Though he puts forth his excuses. |
| 16. * | Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it, |
| 17. * | Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it. |
| 18. * | Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation. |
| 19. * | Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it. |
| 20. * | Nay! But you love the present life, |
| 21. * | And neglect the hereafter. |
| 22. * | (Some) faces on that day shall be bright, |
| 23. * | Looking to their Lord. |
| 24. * | And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy, |
| 25. * | Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity. |
| 26. * | Nay! When it comes up to the throat, |
| 27. * | And it is said: Who will be a magician? |
| 28. * | And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting |
| 29. * | And affliction is combined with affliction; |
| 30. * | To your Lord on that day shall be the driving. |
| 31. * | So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray, |
| 32. * | But called the truth a lie and turned back, |
| 33. * | Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness. |
| 34. * | Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer, |
| 35. * | Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer. |
| 36. * | Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim? |
| 37. * | Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements, |
| 38. * | Then he was a clot of blood, 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 able to give life to the dead? |