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.

وُجوهٌ يَومَئِذٍ ناضِرَةٌ

Faces on that Day will be radiant.

إِلىٰ رَبِّها ناظِرَةٌ

Looking towards their Lord.

وَوُجوهٌ يَومَئِذٍ باسِرَةٌ

And, on that Day, faces will be gloomy.

تَظُنُّ أَن يُفعَلَ بِها فاقِرَةٌ

Dreading a looming catastrophe.

كَلّا إِذا بَلَغَتِ التَّراقِيَ

When it has reached the collarbones.