[75.1] Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;
[75.2] Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).
[75.3] Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?
[75.4] Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!
[75.5] But man would fain deny what is before him.
[75.6] He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?
[75.7] But when sight is confounded
[75.8] And the moon is eclipsed
[75.9] And sun and moon are united,
[75.10] On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
[75.11] Alas! No refuge!
[75.12] Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.
[75.13] On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.
[75.14] Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
[75.15] Although he tender his excuses.
[75.16] Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.
[75.17] Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.
[75.18] And when We read it, follow thou the reading;
[75.19] Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.
[75.20] Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
[75.21] And neglect the Hereafter.
[75.22] That day will faces be resplendent,
[75.23] Looking toward their Lord;
[75.24] And that day will other faces be despondent,
[75.25] Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.
[75.26] Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
[75.27] And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?
[75.28] And he knoweth that it is the parting;
[75.29] And agony is heaped on agony;
[75.30] Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
[75.31] For he neither trusted, nor prayed.
[75.32] But he denied and flouted.
[75.33] Then went he to his folk with glee.
[75.34] Nearer unto thee and nearer,
[75.35] Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).
[75.36] Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?
[75.37] Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?
[75.38] Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned
[75.39] And made of him a pair, the male and female.
[75.40] Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?