In the Name of Allâh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. |
1. | 
I swear by the
Day of Resurrection; |
2. | 
And I swear by
the self-reproaching person (a believer). |
3. | 
Does man (a disbeliever)
think that We shall not assemble his bones? |
4. | 
Yes, We are Able
to put together in perfect order the tips of his fingers.[] |
5. | 
Nay! (Man denies
Resurrection and Reckoning. So) he desires to continue committing
sins. |
6. | 
He asks: "When
will be this Day of Resurrection?" |
7. | 
So, when the sight
shall be dazed, |
8. | 
And the moon will
be eclipsed, |
9. | 
And the sun and
moon will be joined together (by going one into the other or folded
up or deprived of their light, etc.)[] |
10. | 
On that Day man
will say: "Where (is the refuge) to flee?" |
11. | 
No! There is
no refuge! |
12. | 
Unto your Lord
(Alone) will be the place of rest that Day. |
13. | 
On that Day man
will be informed of what he sent forward (of his evil or good
deeds), and what he left behind (of his good or evil traditions). |
14. | 
Nay! Man will
be a witness against himself [as his body parts (skin, hands,
legs, etc.) will speak about his deeds]. |
15. | 
Though he may
put forth his excuses (to cover his evil deeds). |
16. | 
Move not your
tongue concerning (the Qur'ân, O Muhammad SAW) to make haste therewith. |
17. | 
It is for Us
to collect it and to give you (O Muhammad SAW) the ability to recite it (the
Qur'ân), |
18. | 
And when We have
recited it to you [O Muhammad SAW
through Jibrael (Gabriel)], then follow you its (the Qur'ân's)
recital. |
19. | 
Then it is for
Us (Allâh) to make it clear to you, |
20. | 
Not [as you think,
that you (mankind) will not be resurrected and recompensed for
your deeds], but (you men) love the present life of this world, |
21. | 
And leave (neglect)
the Hereafter. |
22. | 
Some faces that Day
shall be Nâdirah (shining and radiant). |
23. | 
Looking at their
Lord (Allâh); |
24. | 
And some faces,
that Day, will be Bâsirah (dark, gloomy, frowning,
and sad), |
25. | 
Thinking that
some calamity was about to fall on them; |
26. | 
Nay, when (the
soul) reaches to the collar bone (i.e. up to the throat in
its exit), |
27. | 
And it will be
said: "Who can cure him and save him from death?" |
28. | 
And he (the dying
person) will conclude that it was (the time) of departing (death); |
29. | 
And leg will
be joined with another leg (shrouded)[] |
30. | 
The drive will
be, on that Day, to your Lord (Allâh)! |
31. | 
So he (the disbeliever)
neither believed (in this Qur'ân, in the Message of Muhammad
SAW) nor prayed! |
32. | 
But on the contrary,
he belied (this Qur'ân and the Message of Muhammad SAW) and turned away! |
33. | 
Then he walked
in full pride to his family admiring himself! |
34. | 
Woe to you [O
man (disbeliever)]! And then (again) woe to you! |
35. | 
Again, woe to
you [O man (disbeliever)]! And then (again) woe to you! |
36. | 
Does man think
that he will be left Suda [neglected without being punished
or rewarded for the obligatory duties enjoined by his Lord (Allâh)
on him]? |
37. | 
Was he not a
Nutfah (mixed male and female discharge of semen) poured
forth? |
38. | 
Then he became
an 'Alaqa (a clot); then (Allâh) shaped and fashioned
(him) in due proportion.[] |
39. | 
And made him
in two sexes, male and female. |
40. | 
Is not He (Allâh
Who does that), Able to give life to the dead? (Yes! He is Able
to do all things). |