لَا٘ اُقۡسِمُ بِيَوۡمِ الۡقِيٰمَةِۙ‏

Lā 'Uqsimu Biyawmi Al-Qiyāmahi

I swear by the Day of Resurrection

وَلَا٘ اُقۡسِمُ بِالنَّفۡسِ اللَّوَّامَةِ

Wa Lā 'Uqsimu Bin-Nafsi Al-Lawwāmahi

And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection]

اَيَحۡسَبُ الۡاِنۡسَانُ اَلَّنۡ نَّجۡمَعَ عِظَامَهٗؕ‏

Ayaĥsabu Al-'Insānu 'Allan Najma`a `Ižāmahu

Does man think that We will not assemble his bones

بَلٰي قٰدِرِيۡنَ عَلٰ٘ي اَنۡ نُّسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهٗ

Balá Qādirīna `Alá 'An Nusawwiya Banānahu

Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips

بَلۡ يُرِيۡدُ الۡاِنۡسَانُ لِيَفۡجُرَ اَمَامَهٗۚ‏

Bal Yurīdu Al-'Insānu Liyafjura 'Amāmahu

But man desires to continue in sin

يَسۡـَٔلُ اَيَّانَ يَوۡمُ الۡقِيٰمَةِؕ‏

Yas'alu 'Ayyāna Yawmu Al-Qiyāmahi

He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection

فَاِذَا بَرِقَ الۡبَصَرُۙ‏

Fa'idhā Bariqa Al-Başaru

So when vision is dazzled

وَخَسَفَ الۡقَمَرُۙ‏

Wa Khasafa Al-Qamaru

And the moon darkens

وَجُمِعَ الشَّمۡسُ وَالۡقَمَرُۙ‏

Wa Jumi`a Ash-Shamsu Wa Al-Qamaru

And the sun and the moon are joined

يَقُوۡلُ الۡاِنۡسَانُ يَوۡمَئِذٍ اَيۡنَ الۡمَفَرُّۚ‏

Yaqūlu Al-'Insānu Yawma'idhin 'Ayna Al-Mafarru

Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape

كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَؕ‏

Kallā Lā Wazara

No! There is no refuge

اِلٰي رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَئِذِ اِۨلۡمُسۡتَقَرُّؕ‏

Ilá Rabbika Yawma'idhin Al-Mustaqarru

To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence

يُنَبَّؤُا الۡاِنۡسَانُ يَوۡمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَاَخَّرَؕ‏

Yunabba'u Al-'Insānu Yawma'idhin Bimā Qaddama Wa 'Akhkhara

Man will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back

بَلِ الۡاِنۡسَانُ عَلٰي نَفۡسِهٖ بَصِيۡرَةٌۙ‏

Bali Al-'Insānu `Alá Nafsihi Başīrahun

Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness

وَّلَوۡ اَلۡقٰي مَعَاذِيۡرَهٗؕ‏

Wa Law 'Alqá Ma`ādhīrahu

Even if he presents his excuses

لَا تُحَرِّكۡ بِهٖ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعۡجَلَ بِهٖؕ‏

Lā Tuĥarrik Bihi Lisānaka Lita`jala Bihi

Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an

اِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا جَمۡعَهٗ وَقُرۡاٰنَهٗۚۖ‏

Inna `Alaynā Jam`ahu Wa Qur'ānahu

Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation

فَاِذَا قَرَاۡنٰهُ فَاتَّبِعۡ قُرۡاٰنَهٗۚ‏

Fa'idhā Qara'nāhu Fa Attabi` Qur'ānahu

So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation

ثُمَّ اِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا بَيَانَهٗؕ‏

Thumma 'Inna `Alaynā Bayānahu

Then upon Us is its clarification [to you]

كَلَّا بَلۡ تُحِبُّوۡنَ الۡعَاجِلَةَۙ‏

Kallā Bal Tuĥibbūna Al-`Ājilaha

No! But you love the immediate

وَتَذَرُوۡنَ الۡاٰخِرَةَؕ‏

Wa Tadharūna Al-'Ākhiraha

And leave the Hereafter

وُجُوۡهٌ يَّوۡمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌۙ‏

Wujūhun Yawma'idhin Nāđirahun

[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant

اِلٰي رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌۚ‏

Ilá Rabbihā Nāžirahun

Looking at their Lord

وَوُجُوۡهٌ يَّوۡمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌۙ‏

Wa Wujūhun Yawma'idhin Bāsirahun

And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted

تَظُنُّ اَنۡ يُّفۡعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌؕ‏

Tažunnu 'An Yuf`ala Bihā Fāqirahun

Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking

كَلَّا٘ اِذَا بَلَغَتِ التَّرَاقِيَۙ‏

Kallā 'Idhā Balaghati At-Tarāqī

No! When the soul has reached the collar bones

وَقِيۡلَ مَنۡࣝ رَاقٍۙ‏

Wa Qīla Man Rāqin

And it is said, "Who will cure [him]

وَّظَنَّ اَنَّهُ الۡفِرَاقُۙ‏

Wa Žanna 'Annahu Al-Firāqu

And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation

وَالۡتَفَّتِ السَّاقُ بِالسَّاقِۙ‏

Wa At-Taffati As-Sāqu Bis-Sāqi

And the leg is wound about the leg

اِلٰي رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَئِذِ اِۨلۡمَسَاقُؕࣖ‏

Ilá Rabbika Yawma'idhin Al-Masāqu

To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلّٰيۙ‏

Falā Şaddaqa Wa Lā Şallá

And the disbeliever had not believed, nor had he prayed

وَلٰكِنۡ كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلّٰيۙ‏

Wa Lakin Kadhaba Wa Tawallá

But [instead], he denied and turned away

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ اِلٰ٘ي اَهۡلِهٖ يَتَمَطّٰيؕ‏

Thumma Dhahaba 'Ilá 'Ahlihi Yatamaţţá

And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride]

اَوۡلٰي لَكَ فَاَوۡلٰيۙ‏

Awlá Laka Fa'awlá

Woe to you, and woe

ثُمَّ اَوۡلٰي لَكَ فَاَوۡلٰيؕ‏

Thumma 'Awlá Laka Fa'awlá

Then woe to you, and woe

اَيَحۡسَبُ الۡاِنۡسَانُ اَنۡ يُّتۡرَكَ سُدًيؕ‏

Ayaĥsabu Al-'Insānu 'An Yutraka Sudáan

Does man think that he will be left neglected

اَلَمۡ يَكُ نُطۡفَةً مِّنۡ مَّنِيٍّ يُّمۡنٰيۙ‏

Alam Yaku Nuţfatan Min Manīyin Yumná

Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوّٰيۙ‏

Thumma Kāna `Alaqatan Fakhalaqa Fasawwá

Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]

فَجَعَلَ مِنۡهُ الزَّوۡجَيۡنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالۡاُنۡثٰيؕ‏

Faja`ala Minhu Az-Zawjayni Adh-Dhakara Wa Al-'Unthá

And made of him two mates, the male and the female

اَلَيۡسَ ذٰلِكَ بِقٰدِرٍ عَلٰ٘ي اَنۡ يُّحۡيِۦَ الۡمَوۡتٰيࣖ‏

Alaysa Dhālika Biqādirin `Alá 'An Yuĥyiya Al-Mawtá

Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead