I swear by the Day of Resurrection
and I swear by the self reproaching soul
Does man think that We shall not be able to put his bones together
Why not? We are able to put together, in perfect order, the very tips of his fingers
But man wishes to keep on doing evil in the future as well
He questions: "When will this Day of Resurrection be?"
Well, it will come when the sight shall be dazed
the moon will be eclipsed
and the sun and the moon will be brought togethe
- on that Day man will ask: "Is there any way to escape?"
Nay! There will be no refuge
On that Day, the refuge will only be towards your Lord
On that Day man shall be told about all his deeds, from the first to the last
Indeed, man shall bear witness against himself
even though he shall plead with excuses
O Prophet, do not move your tongue too fast to memorize this revelation
It is Our responsibility to collect it in your memory, and make you recite i
and when it is recited, to make you follow it
and then it is Our responsibility to explain it
Nay, the fact is that you people love this fleeting lif
and are heedless to the Hereafter
On that Day, some faces shall be bright
looking towards their Lord
And on that Day some faces shall be gloomy
thinking that some backbreaking calamity is about to be inflicted on them
Nay, when a man’s soul is about to leave and reaches to the throat
and those around him cry: "Is there any enchanter to help?"
Then man will conclude that it was the time of departure from this world
while one leg will twist around the other leg (agony will heap on agony)
that will be the Day of driving towards your Lord
But in this life he neither believed, nor offered Salah (prayed)
but on the contrary he denied the truth and turned away
Then he went to his kinfolk elated with pride
Woe to you, O man! Woe to you
Again woe to you, O man! Woe to you
Does man think that he will be left without any purpose
Was he not once a drop of emitted semen
Then he became a leechlike mass, then Allah created him and fashioned him in due proportion
and made him either of the two sexes, male and female
Has He not then the power to bring the dead to life