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كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ﴿٢٠﴾

Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now

وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ﴿٢١﴾

And neglect the Hereafter.

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ﴿٢٢﴾

That day will faces be resplendent,

إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ﴿٢٣﴾

Looking toward their Lord;

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌ﴿٢٤﴾

And that day will other faces be despondent,

تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ﴿٢٥﴾

Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.

كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ﴿٢٦﴾

Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat

وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍ﴿٢٧﴾

And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now)?

وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ﴿٢٨﴾

And he knoweth that it is the parting;

وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ﴿٢٩﴾

And agony is heaped on agony;

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ﴿٣٠﴾

Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.

فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ﴿٣١﴾

For he neither trusted, nor prayed.

وَلَـٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ﴿٣٢﴾

But he denied and flouted.

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ﴿٣٣﴾

Then went he to his folk with glee.

أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ﴿٣٤﴾

Nearer unto thee and nearer,

ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ﴿٣٥﴾

Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).

أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى﴿٣٦﴾

Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless?

أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِىٍّ يُمْنَىٰ﴿٣٧﴾

Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth?

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ﴿٣٨﴾

Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned

فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ﴿٣٩﴾

And made of him a pair, the male and female.

أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَـٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْـِۧىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ﴿٤٠﴾

Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life?

هَلْ أَتَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْإِنسَـٰنِ حِينٌ مِّنَ ٱلدَّهْرِ لَمْ يَكُن شَيْـًٔا مَّذْكُورًا﴿١﴾

Hath there come upon man (ever) any period of time in which he was a thing unremembered?

إِنَّا خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ أَمْشَاجٍ نَّبْتَلِيهِ فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُ سَمِيعًۢا بَصِيرًا﴿٢﴾

Lo! We create man from a drop of thickened fluid to test him; so We make him hearing, knowing.

إِنَّا هَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلسَّبِيلَ إِمَّا شَاكِرًا وَإِمَّا كَفُورًا﴿٣﴾

Lo! We have shown him the way, whether he be grateful or disbelieving.

إِنَّآ أَعْتَدْنَا لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ سَلَـٰسِلَا۟ وَأَغْلَـٰلًا وَسَعِيرًا﴿٤﴾

Lo! We have prepared for disbelievers manacles and carcans and a raging fire.

إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ يَشْرَبُونَ مِن كَأْسٍ كَانَ مِزَاجُهَا كَافُورًا﴿٥﴾

Lo! the righteous shall drink of a cup whereof the mixture is of Kafur,