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1By the Day of Resurrection

2and by the self-reproaching soul

3Does man think We shall not put his bones back together

4In fact, We can reshape his very fingertips

5Yet man wants to deny what is ahead of him

6he says, ‘So, when will this Day of Resurrection be?’

7When eyes are dazzled

8and the moon eclipsed

9when the sun and the moon are brought together

10on that Day man will say, ‘Where can I escape?’

11Truly, there is no refuge

12they will all return to your Lord on that Day

13On that Day, man will be told what he put first and what he put last

14Truly, man is a clear witness against himself

15despite all the excuses he may put forward

16[Prophet], do not rush your tongue in an attempt to hasten [your memorization of] the Revelation

17We shall make sure of its safe collection and recitation

18When We have recited it, repeat the recitation

19and We shall make it clear

20Truly you [people] love this fleeting world

21and neglect the life to come

22On that Day there will be radiant faces

23looking towards their Lord

24and on that Day there will be the sad and despairing faces

25of those who realize that a great calamity is about to befall them

26Truly, when the soul reaches the collarbone

27when it is said, ‘Could any charm-healer save him now?’

28when he knows it is the final parting

29when his legs are brought together

30on that day he will be driven towards your Lord

31He neither believed nor prayed

32but denied the truth and turned away

33walking back to his people with a conceited swagger

34Closer and closer it comes to you

35Closer and closer still

36Does man think he will be left alone

37Was he not just a drop of spilt-out sperm

38which became a clinging form, which God shaped in due proportion

39fashioning from it the two sexes, male and female

40Does He who can do this not have the power to bring the dead back to life