يَسأَلُ أَيّانَ يَومُ القِيامَةِ

He questions, “When is Resurrection Day?”

فَإِذا بَرِقَ البَصَرُ

But when the sight is dazed.

وَخَسَفَ القَمَرُ

And the moon is eclipsed.

وَجُمِعَ الشَّمسُ وَالقَمَرُ

And the sun and the moon are merged.

يَقولُ الإِنسانُ يَومَئِذٍ أَينَ المَفَرُّ

On that Day, man will ask, “Where is the escape?”

إِلىٰ رَبِّكَ يَومَئِذٍ المُستَقَرُّ

To your Lord, on that Day, will be the settlement.

يُنَبَّأُ الإِنسانُ يَومَئِذٍ بِما قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ

On that Day, man will be informed of everything he put forward, and everything he left behind.

بَلِ الإِنسانُ عَلىٰ نَفسِهِ بَصيرَةٌ

Yet man will be a witness against himself.

وَلَو أَلقىٰ مَعاذيرَهُ

Even as he presents his excuses.

لا تُحَرِّك بِهِ لِسانَكَ لِتَعجَلَ بِهِ

Don’t move your tongue hastily with it to recite it.