أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ
Woe Unto thee; woe!
ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ
Again, woe Unto thee, woe!
أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِنْ مَنِيٍّ يُمْنَىٰ
Was he not a sperm of emission emitted?
أَيَحْسَبُ الْإِنْسَانُ أَنْ يُتْرَكَ سُدًى
Deemest man that he is to be left uncontrolled?
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ لَا أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ
I swear by the Day of Resurrection.
وَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالنَّفْسِ اللَّوَّامَةِ
And I swear by the self-reproaching soul.
أَيَحْسَبُ الْإِنْسَانُ أَلَّنْ نَجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُ
Deemest man that We shall not assemble his bones?
بَلَىٰ قَادِرِينَ عَلَىٰ أَنْ نُسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهُ
Yea! WE are Able to put together evenly his finger-tips.
بَلْ يُرِيدُ الْإِنْسَانُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُ
Aye! man desireth that he may sin before him.
يَسْأَلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ
He asketh: when will the Day of Resurrection be?
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ الْبَصَرُ
When, then, the sight shall be confounded.
وَخَسَفَ الْقَمَرُ
And the moon shall be ecliped.
وَجُمِعَ الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ
And the sun and the moon shall be joined.
يَقُولُ الْإِنْسَانُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ الْمَفَرُّ
On that Day shall man say: whither is the fleeing.
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ
By no means! NO refuge!
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ الْمُسْتَقَرُّ
Unto thy Lord that Day is the recourse.
يُنَبَّأُ الْإِنْسَانُ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ
To man will be declared on that Day that which he hath sent on and left behind.
بَلِ الْإِنْسَانُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِ بَصِيرَةٌ
Aye! man against himself shall be an enlightenment.
وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُ
Although he may put forth his pleas.
لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِ
Move not thy tongue therewith that thou mayest hasten therewith.
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُ وَقُرْآنَهُ
Verily upon us is the collecting thereof and the reciting thereof.
فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَاهُ فَاتَّبِعْ قُرْآنَهُ
Wherefore when We reciteit, follow thou the reciting thereof.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُ
And thereafter verily upon us is is the expounding thereof.
كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ الْعَاجِلَةَ
By no means! Verily ye love the Herein.
وَتَذَرُونَ الْآخِرَةَ
And leave the Hereafter.
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَاضِرَةٌ
Countenances on that Day shall be resplendent,
إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ
Looking toward their Lord.
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ بَاسِرَةٌ
And countenances on that Day shall be scowling.
تَظُنُّ أَنْ يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ
Imagining that there will befall them a waiste-breaking calomity.
كَلَّا إِذَا بَلَغَتِ التَّرَاقِيَ
By no means! When it cometh up to he collar-bone.
وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍ
And it is cried. who can charm?
وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ الْفِرَاقُ
And he bethinketh that it is the time of parting.
وَالْتَفَّتِ السَّاقُ بِالسَّاقِ
And one shank is entangled with the other shank.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ الْمَسَاقُ
Unto thy Lord that Day is the drive.
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ
He neither believed nor prayed,
وَلَٰكِنْ كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
But he belied and turned away.
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ يَتَمَطَّىٰ
Then he departed Unto his house hold conceitedly.
ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
Then he became a clot; then He created him and formed him.
فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ الزَّوْجَيْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالْأُنْثَىٰ
And made of him the two sexes, male and female.
أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَادِرٍ عَلَىٰ أَنْ يُحْيِيَ الْمَوْتَىٰ
Is not That One then Able to quicken the dead?