بِسمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحمـٰنِ الرَّحيمِ لا أُقسِمُ بِيَومِ القِيامَةِ

I swear by the Day of Resurrection

وَلا أُقسِمُ بِالنَّفسِ اللَّوّامَةِ

And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].

أَيَحسَبُ الإِنسانُ أَلَّن نَجمَعَ عِظامَهُ

Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

بَلىٰ قادِرينَ عَلىٰ أَن نُسَوِّيَ بَنانَهُ

Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.

بَل يُريدُ الإِنسانُ لِيَفجُرَ أَمامَهُ

But man desires to continue in sin.

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?"

كَلّا لا وَزَرَ

No! There is no refuge.