بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
lā uq'simu biyawmi l-qiyāmati
I do swear by the Day of Judgment!
walā uq'simu bil-nafsi l-lawāmati
And I do swear by the self-reproaching soul!
ayaḥsabu l-insānu allan najmaʿa ʿiẓāmahu
Do people think We cannot reassemble their bones?
balā qādirīna ʿalā an nusawwiya banānahu
Yes ˹indeed˺! We are ˹most˺ capable of restoring ˹even˺ their very fingertips.
bal yurīdu l-insānu liyafjura amāmahu
Still people want to deny what is yet to come,
yasalu ayyāna yawmu l-qiyāmati
asking ˹mockingly˺, “When is this Day of Judgment?”
fa-idhā bariqa l-baṣaru
But when the sight is stunned,
wakhasafa l-qamaru
and the moon is dimmed,
wajumiʿa l-shamsu wal-qamaru
and the sun and the moon are brought together,
yaqūlu l-insānu yawma-idhin ayna l-mafaru
on that Day one will cry, “Where is the escape?”
kallā lā wazara
But no! There will be no refuge.
ilā rabbika yawma-idhin l-mus'taqaru
On that Day all will end up before your Lord.
yunabba-u l-insānu yawma-idhin bimā qaddama wa-akhara
All will then be informed of what they have sent forth and left behind.
bali l-insānu ʿalā nafsihi baṣīratun
In fact, people will testify against their own souls,
walaw alqā maʿādhīrahu
despite the excuses they come up with.
lā tuḥarrik bihi lisānaka litaʿjala bihi
Do not rush your tongue trying to memorize ˹a revelation of˺ the Quran.
inna ʿalaynā jamʿahu waqur'ānahu
It is certainly upon Us to ˹make you˺ memorize and recite it.
fa-idhā qaranāhu fa-ittabiʿ qur'ānahu
So once We have recited a revelation ˹through Gabriel˺, follow its recitation ˹closely˺.
thumma inna ʿalaynā bayānahu
Then it is surely upon Us to make it clear ˹to you˺.
kallā bal tuḥibbūna l-ʿājilata
But no! In fact, you love this fleeting world,
watadharūna l-ākhirata
and neglect the Hereafter.
wujūhun yawma-idhin nāḍiratun
On that Day ˹some˺ faces will be bright,
ilā rabbihā nāẓiratun
looking at their Lord.
wawujūhun yawma-idhin bāsiratun
And ˹other˺ faces will be gloomy,
taẓunnu an yuf'ʿala bihā fāqiratun
anticipating something devastating to befall them.
kallā idhā balaghati l-tarāqiya
But no! ˹Beware of the day˺ when the soul reaches the collar bone ˹as it leaves˺,
waqīla man rāqin
and it will be said, “Is there any healer ˹who can save this life˺?”
waẓanna annahu l-firāqu
And the dying person realizes it is ˹their˺ time to depart,
wal-tafati l-sāqu bil-sāqi
and ˹then˺ their feet are tied together ˹in a shroud˺.
ilā rabbika yawma-idhin l-masāqu
On that day they will be driven to your Lord ˹alone˺.
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