— 40 verses
No! I swear by the Day of the Resurrection
And no! I swear by the self, constantly self-blaming
Does man reckon that We will never gather his bones
Yes indeed, We are (always) Determiners over molding (again) his finger-tips
No indeed, but man would (like) to act impiously in the (life) before him
He asks, "When will be the Day of the Resurrection?"
Yet, when the sight (Literally: the beholding) is dazed
And the moon eclipses, (Or: cave in)
And the sun and the moon are gathered together
Upon that Day man will say, "Where to flee?" (Literally: Where is the fleeing?)
Not at all, no subterfuge
To your Lord upon that day will be the repository
Upon that Day man will be fully informed of whatever he forwarded and deferred
No indeed, (but) man is a demonstration against himself
Even though he cast forth his (ready) excuses
Do not move your tongue with it (The Qur'an) to hasten on with it
Surely upon Us is the gathering of it and its all-evident reading
So when We have read it, then closely follow its all-evident reading
Thereafter surely upon Us is its evident (exposition)
Not at all! No indeed, (but) you (i.e., mankind) love the hasty (world)
And leave behind the Hereafter
Faces upon that Day will be blooming
Looking towards their Lord
And faces upon that Day shall be scowling
Expecting that a (back-breaking) calamity is going to be performed upon them
Not at all! When it reaches the clavicles
And it is said, "Who is an enchanter?"
And he expects that it is the parting
And shank is entwined with shank
To your Lord upon that Day will be the driving
So he neither sincerely (believed) nor prayed
But he cried lies, and turned away
Thereafter he went to his family striding haughtily
(It is) more appropriate to you, then more appropriate! (i.e., punishment)
Thereafter (it is) more appropriate for you, then more appropriate
Does man reckon that he will be left in vain
Was he not a spermdrop ejaculated
Thereafter he was a clot (i.e., a leach-like clot). So He created, then He molded
So He made him of two spouses, the male and the female
Is He (Literally: That) not (always) Determiner over giving life to the dead