يَقولُ الإِنسانُ يَومَئِذٍ أَينَ المَفَرُّ

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

كَلّا لا وَزَرَ

No, there is no refuge.

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.

لا تُحَرِّك بِهِ لِسانَكَ لِتَعجَلَ بِهِ

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

إِنَّ عَلَينا جَمعَهُ وَقُرآنَهُ

Then it’s upon Us to compile it and recite it.

فَإِذا قَرَأناهُ فَاتَّبِع قُرآنَهُ

And when We’ve recited it, follow its recitation.

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَينا بَيانَهُ

Then upon Us is its explanation.

كَلّا بَل تُحِبّونَ العاجِلَةَ

Yet, you love the fleeting life.