1. I swear by the Day of Resurrection

2. And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].

3. Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

4. Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.

5. But man desires to continue in sin.

6. He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"

7. So when vision is dazzled

8. And the moon darkens

9. And the sun and the moon are joined,

10. Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"

11. No! There is no refuge.

12. To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.

13. Man will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.

14. Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,

15. Even if he presents his excuses.

16. Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.

17. Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.

18. So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.

19. Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].

20. No! But you love the immediate