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.

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

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.

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,