swear by the Day of Resurrection
And I swear by the blaming soul
Does man suppose that We shall not gather his bones
Nay! But We are able to fashion even his fingers and toes
But man desires to defile what lies before him
asking, “When is the Day of Resurrection?
Then when the eyes are dazzled
and the moon is eclipsed
and the sun and the moon are brought together
that Day man will say, “Where is the escape?
Nay! But there shall be no refuge
Unto your Lord that Day is the dwelling place
Man shall be informed that Day of that which he has sent forth and of that which he has left behind
Indeed, man shall be a testimony against himself
though he proffers his excuses
Move not thy tongue therewith to hasten it
Surely it is for Us to gather it and to recite it
So when We recite it, follow its recitation
Then surely it is for Us to explain it
Nay! But you love the ephemeral
and forsake the Hereafter
Faces that Day shall be radiant
gazing upon their Lord
And faces that Day shall be scowling
knowing that a spine-crushing calamity will befall them
Nay! But when it reaches the collarbones
and it is said, “Who will [make him] ascend?
And he knows for certain that it is the parting
and the shank is intertwined with the shank
Unto thy Lord that Day is the driving
For he neither confirmed nor prayed
but he denied and turned away
then went to his people swaggering
So nearer to you! And nearer
Then nearer to you! And nearer
Does man suppose that he would be left aimless
Was he not a drop of semen emitted
Then he was a blood clot; whereupon He created, then fashioned
and made from him the two genders, male and female
Is not such a one able to give life to the dead