| 1 | Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection. | |
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| 2 | Nay! I swear by the self-accusing soul. | |
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| 3 | Does man think that We shall not gather his bones? | |
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| 4 | Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips | |
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| 5 | Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him. | |
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| 6 | He asks: When is the day of resurrection? | |
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| 7 | So when the sight becomes dazed, | |
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| 8 | And the moon becomes dark, | |
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| 9 | And the sun and the moon are brought together, | |
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| 10 | Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to? | |
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| 11 | By no means! there shall be no place of refuge! | |
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| 12 | With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest. | |
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| 13 | Man shall on that day be informed of what he sent before and (what he) put off. | |
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| 14 | Nay! man is evidence against himself, | |
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| 15 | Though he puts forth his excuses. | |
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| 16 | Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it, | |
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| 17 | Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it. | |
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| 18 | Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation. | |
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| 19 | Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it. | |
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| 20 | Nay! But you love the present life, | |
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| 21 | And neglect the hereafter. | |
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| 22 | (Some) faces on that day shall be bright, | |
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| 23 | Looking to their Lord. | |
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| 24 | And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy, | |
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| 25 | Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity. | |
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| 26 | Nay! When it comes up to the throat, | |
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| 27 | And it is said: Who will be a magician? | |
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| 28 | And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting | |
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| 29 | And affliction is combined with affliction; | |
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| 30 | To your Lord on that day shall be the driving. | |
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| 31 | So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray, | |
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| 32 | But called the truth a lie and turned back, | |
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| 33 | Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness. | |
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| 34 | Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer, | |
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| 35 | Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer. | |
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| 36 | Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim? | |
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| 37 | Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements, | |
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| 38 | Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect. | |
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| 39 | Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female. | |
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| 40 | Is not He able to give life to the dead? | |
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