القيامة

1NAY! I call to witness the Day of Resurrection!

2But nay! I call to witness the accusing voice of man's own conscience!

3Does man think that We cannot [resurrect him and] bring his bones together again?

4Yea indeed, We are able to make whole his very finger-tips!

5None the less man chooses to deny what lies ahead of him,

6asking [derisively], "When is that Resurrection Day to be?"

7But [on that Day,] when the eyesight is by fear confounded,

8and the moon is darkened,

9and the sun and the moon are brought together

10on that Day will man exclaim "Whither to flee?"

11But nay: no refuge [for thee, O man]!

12With thy Sustainer, on that Day, the journey's end will be!

13Man will be apprised, on that Day, of what he has done and what he has left undone:

14nay, but man shall against himself be an eye-witness,

15even though he may veil himself in excuses.

16MOVE NOT thy tongue in haste, [repeating the words of the revelation:]

17for, behold, it is for Us to gather it [in thy heart,] and to cause it to be read [as it ought to be read].

18Thus, when We recite it, follow thou its wording [with all thy mind]:

19and then, behold, it will be for Us to make its meaning clear.