Verily I swear by the day of resurrection
and I swear by the soul which accuseth itself
Doth man think that We will not gather his bones together
Yea: We are able to put together the smallest bones of his fingers
But man chooseth to be wicked, for the time which is before him
He asketh, when will the day of resurrection be
But when the sight shall be dazzled
and the moon shall be eclipsed
and the sun and the moon shall be in conjunction
on that day man shall say, where is a place of refuge
By no means: There shall be no place to fly unto
With thy Lord shall be the sure mansion of rest on that day
On that day shall a man be told that which he hath done first and last
Yea; a man shall be an evidence against himself
And though he offer his excuses, they shall not be received
Move not thy tongue, O Mohammed, in repeating the revelations brought thee by Gabriel, before he shall have finished the same, that thou mayest quickly commit them to memory
For the collecting the Koran in thy mind, and the teaching thee the true reading thereof are incumbent on Us
But when We shall have read the same unto thee by the tongue of the angel, do thou follow the reading thereof
And afterwards it shall be our part to explain it unto thee
By no means shalt thou be thus hasty for the future. But ye love that which hasteneth away
and neglect the life to come
Some countenances, on that day, shall be bright
looking towards their Lord
and some countenances, on that day, shall be dismal
They shall think that a crushing calamity shall be brought upon them
Assuredly. When a man's soul shall come up to his throat, in his last agony
and the standers-by shall say, who bringeth a charm to recover him
And shall think it to be his departure out of this world
and one leg shall be joined with the other leg
On that day unto thy Lord shall he be driven
For he believed not, neither did he pray
but he accused God's apostle of imposture, and turned back from obeying him
Then he departed unto his family, walking with a haughty mien
Wherefore, woe be unto thee; woe
And again, woe be unto thee; woe
Doth man think that he shall be left at full liberty, without control
Was he not a drop of seed, which was emitted
Afterwards he became a little coagulated blood; and God formed him, and fashioned him with just proportion
And made of him two sexes, the male and the female
Is not he who hath done this able to quicken the dead