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لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ١
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
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وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ ٢
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
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أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ ٣
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
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بَلَىٰ قَـٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ ٤
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
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بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ ٥
But man desires to continue in sin.
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يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ٦
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
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فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ ٧
So when vision is dazzled.
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وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ ٨
And the moon darkens.
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وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ ٩
And the sun and the moon are joined,
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يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ ١٠
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
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كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ ١١
No! There is no refuge.
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إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ ١٢
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
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يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ ١٣
Man will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
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بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌ ١٤
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
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وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ ١٥
Even if he presents his excuses.
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لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ ١٦
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muḥammad], to hasten with it [i.e., recitation of the Qur’ān].
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إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ ١٧
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
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فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَـٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ ١٨
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
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ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ ١٩
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
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كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ ٢٠
No! But you [i.e., mankind] love the immediate
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وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ ٢١
And leave [i.e., neglect] the Hereafter.
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وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ ٢٢
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
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إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ ٢٣
Looking at their Lord.
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وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌ ٢٤
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
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تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ ٢٥
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
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كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ ٢٦
No! When it [i.e., the soul] has reached the collar bones
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وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍ ٢٧
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
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وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ ٢٨
And he [i.e., the dying one] is certain that it is the [time of] separation
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وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ ٢٩
And the leg is wound about the leg,
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إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ ٣٠
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
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فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ ٣١
And he [i.e., the disbeliever] had not believed, nor had he prayed.
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وَلَـٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ٣٢
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
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ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ ٣٣
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
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أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ ٣٤
Woe to you, and woe!
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ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ ٣٥
Then woe to you, and woe!
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أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى ٣٦
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
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أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِىٍّ يُمْنَىٰ ٣٧
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
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ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ٣٨
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allāh] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
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فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ ٣٩
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
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أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَـٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْـِۧىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ ٤٠
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?