إِن كُلُّ نَفسٍ لَمّا عَلَيها حافِظٌ

There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.

فَليَنظُرِ الإِنسانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ

So let man observe from what he was created.

خُلِقَ مِن ماءٍ دافِقٍ

He was created from a fluid, ejected,

يَخرُجُ مِن بَينِ الصُّلبِ وَالتَّرائِبِ

Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.

إِنَّهُ عَلىٰ رَجعِهِ لَقادِرٌ

Indeed, Allah, to return him [to life], is Able.

فَما لَهُ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلا ناصِرٍ

Then man will have no power or any helper.

وَالسَّماءِ ذاتِ الرَّجعِ

By the sky which returns [rain]

وَالأَرضِ ذاتِ الصَّدعِ

And [by] the earth which cracks open,

إِنَّهُ لَقَولٌ فَصلٌ

Indeed, the Qur'an is a decisive statement,

وَما هُوَ بِالهَزلِ

And it is not amusement.