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40 Verses Makki, Revealed in Mecca

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

1. I swear by the Day of Resurrection!
2. And I swear by the self-accusing soul!
3. Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones?
4. Nay, We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers.
5. But man desires to do wrong even in the time in front of him.
6. He questions: "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
7. At length, when the sight becomes dazed,
8. And the moon is buried in darkness.
9. And the sun and the moon are joined together, -
10. That Day Man will say: "Where is the refuge?"
11. By no means! There will be no place of refuge!
12. With your Lord alone, that Day will be the place of rest.
13. That Day Man will be told (all) that he put forward, and all that he put off.
14. Nay, man will be evidence against himself,
15. Even though he puts up his excuses.
16. Do not move your tongue concerning the Qur'an to make haste with it,
17. It is for Us to collect it and to promulgate it:
18. Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
19. Again, it is for us to explain it and make it clear:
20. Nay, you men! But you love the present (fleeting)  life,
21. And neglect the hereafter.
22. Some faces on that day will beam (in brightness and beauty);
23. Looking to their Lord.
24. And (other) faces on that day will be sad and dismal,
25. In the thought that some back-breaking calamity was about to be inflicted on them;
26. Yes, when the soul reaches to the collar-bone (in its exit),
27. And there will be a cry, "Who is a magician (to restore him)?"
28. And he will conclude that it was (the Time) of Parting;
29. And one leg will be joined with another:
30. That Day the Drive will be (all) to your Lord!
31. So he gave nothing in charity, nor did he pray!
32. But on the contrary, he rejected Truth and turned away!
33. Then did he stalk to his family in full conceit!
34. Woe to you, (O men!), yes, woe!
35. Again, Woe to you (O men!), yes, woe!
36. Does man think that he will be left uncontrolled, (without purpose)?
37. Was he not a drop of sperm emitted (in lowly form)?
38. Then did he become a leech-like clot; then did (Allah) make and fashion (him) in due proportion.
39. And of him He made two sexes, male and female.
40. Has not He, (the same), the power to give life to the dead?

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