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.