١NAY! I call to witness the Day of Resurrection!
٢But nay! I call to witness the accusing voice of man's own conscience!
٣Does man think that We cannot [resurrect him and] bring his bones together again?
٤Yea indeed, We are able to make whole his very finger-tips!
٥None the less man chooses to deny what lies ahead of him,
٦asking [derisively], "When is that Resurrection Day to be?"
٧But [on that Day,] when the eyesight is by fear confounded,
٨and the moon is darkened,
٩and the sun and the moon are brought together
١٠on that Day will man exclaim "Whither to flee?"
١١But nay: no refuge [for thee, O man]!
١٢With thy Sustainer, on that Day, the journey's end will be!
١٣Man will be apprised, on that Day, of what he has done and what he has left undone:
١٤nay, but man shall against himself be an eye-witness,
١٥even though he may veil himself in excuses.
١٦MOVE NOT thy tongue in haste, [repeating the words of the revelation:]
١٧for, behold, it is for Us to gather it [in thy heart,] and to cause it to be read [as it ought to be read].
١٨Thus, when We recite it, follow thou its wording [with all thy mind]:
١٩and then, behold, it will be for Us to make its meaning clear.