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كَلَّا بَلۡ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡعَاجِلَةَ
No indeed! You [people] love this fleeting world,
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21
وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَ
and neglect the Hereafter.
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22
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ نَّاضِرَةٌ
On that Day some faces will be bright,
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23
إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٞ
looking at their Lord[7].
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24
وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بَاسِرَةٞ
And on that Day, some faces will be gloomy,
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25
تَظُنُّ أَن يُفۡعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٞ
knowing that a crushing calamity will befall them.
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كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِيَ
Indeed, when the soul reaches the throat[8],
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27
وَقِيلَ مَنۡۜ رَاقٖ
and it is said, “Is there any healer?”
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وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلۡفِرَاقُ
And he realizes that it is time to depart,
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29
وَٱلۡتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ
when legs are brought together [in a shroud][9];
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30
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡمَسَاقُ
on that Day, he will be driven to your Lord.
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31
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ
He neither believed nor prayed;
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32
وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
rather he denied and turned away,
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33
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ
then he went to his people, elated with pride,
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34
أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰ
Woe to you, and woe!
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35
ثُمَّ أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰٓ
Again, woe to you, and woe!
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36
أَيَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتۡرَكَ سُدًى
Does man think that he will be left neglected[10]?
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37
أَلَمۡ يَكُ نُطۡفَةٗ مِّن مَّنِيّٖ يُمۡنَىٰ
Was he not once a drop of semen emitted,
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ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةٗ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
then he became a clinging clot[11], then He created him and perfected his form,
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فَجَعَلَ مِنۡهُ ٱلزَّوۡجَيۡنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰٓ
and made from him both genders, male and female?
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40
أَلَيۡسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحۡـِۧيَ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ
Is not He able to bring the dead back to life?
