verse 1
Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;
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verse 2
Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).
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verse 3
Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones?
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verse 4
Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!
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verse 5
But man would fain deny what is before him.
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verse 6
He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection?
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verse 7
But when sight is confounded
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verse 8
And the moon is eclipsed
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verse 9
And sun and moon are united,
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verse 10
On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
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verse 11
Alas! No refuge!
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verse 12
Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.
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verse 13
On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.
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verse 14
Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
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verse 15
Although he tender his excuses.
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verse 16
Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.
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verse 17
Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.
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verse 18
And when We read it, follow thou the reading;
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verse 19
Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.
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verse 20
Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
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verse 21
And neglect the Hereafter.
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verse 22
That day will faces be resplendent,
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verse 23
Looking toward their Lord;
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verse 24
And that day will other faces be despondent,
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verse 25
Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.
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verse 26
Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
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verse 27
And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now)?
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verse 28
And he knoweth that it is the parting;
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verse 29
And agony is heaped on agony;
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verse 30
Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
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verse 31
For he neither trusted, nor prayed.
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verse 32
But he denied and flouted.
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verse 33
Then went he to his folk with glee.
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verse 34
Nearer unto thee and nearer,
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verse 35
Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).
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verse 36
Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless?
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verse 37
Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth?
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verse 38
Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned
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verse 39
And made of him a pair, the male and female.
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verse 40
Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life?