يَسأَلُ أَيّانَ يَومُ القِيامَةِ

He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"

فَإِذا بَرِقَ البَصَرُ

So when vision is dazzled

وَخَسَفَ القَمَرُ

And the moon darkens

وَجُمِعَ الشَّمسُ وَالقَمَرُ

And the sun and the moon are joined,

يَقولُ الإِنسانُ يَومَئِذٍ أَينَ المَفَرُّ

Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"

إِلىٰ رَبِّكَ يَومَئِذٍ المُستَقَرُّ

To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.

يُنَبَّأُ الإِنسانُ يَومَئِذٍ بِما قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ

Man will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.

بَلِ الإِنسانُ عَلىٰ نَفسِهِ بَصيرَةٌ

Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,

وَلَو أَلقىٰ مَعاذيرَهُ

Even if he presents his excuses.

لا تُحَرِّك بِهِ لِسانَكَ لِتَعجَلَ بِهِ

Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.