الإنسان

1HAS THERE [not] been an endless span of time before man [appeared - a time] when he was not yet a thing to be thought of?

2Verily, it is We who have created man out of a drop of sperm intermingled, so that We might try him [in his later life]: and therefore We made him a being endowed with hearing and sight.

3Verily, We have shown him the way: [and it rests with him to prove himself] either grateful or ungrateful.

4[Now,] behold, for those who deny the truth We have readied chains and shackles, and a blazing flame

5[whereas,] behold, the truly virtuous shall drink from a cup flavoured with the calyx of sweet-smelling flowers: