وَلَقَدْ And certainly walaqad We created khalaqnā man l-insāna and We know wanaʿlamu what mā whispers tuwaswisu to him bihi his soul nafsuhu and We wanaḥnu (are) nearer aqrabu to him ilayhi than min (his) jugular vein ḥabli (his) jugular vein l-warīdi
And We have already created man and know what his soul whispers to him, and We are closer to him than [his] jugular vein.
إِذْ When idh receive yatalaqqā the two receivers l-mutalaqiyāni on ʿani the right l-yamīni and on waʿani the left l-shimāli seated qaʿīdun
When the two receivers [i.e., recording angels] receive, seated on the right and on the left.
مَّا Not mā he utters yalfiẓu any min word qawlin but illā with him ladayhi (is) an observer raqībun ready ʿatīdun
He [i.e., man] utters no word except that with him is an observer prepared [to record].
وَجَآءَتْ And will come wajāat (the) stupor sakratu (of) death l-mawti in truth bil-ḥaqi That dhālika (is) what mā you were kunta [from it] min'hu avoiding taḥīdu
And the intoxication of death will bring the truth; that is what you were trying to avoid.
وَنُفِخَ And will be blown wanufikha [in] fī the trumpet l-ṣūri That dhālika (is the) Day yawmu (of) the Warning l-waʿīdi
And the Horn will be blown. That is the Day of [carrying out] the threat.
وَجَآءَتْ And will come wajāat every kullu soul nafsin with it maʿahā a driver sāiqun and a witness washahīdun
And every soul will come, with it a driver and a witness.
لَّقَدْ Certainly laqad you were kunta in fī heedlessness ghaflatin of min this hādhā So We have removed fakashafnā from you ʿanka your cover ghiṭāaka so your sight fabaṣaruka today l-yawma (is) sharp ḥadīdun
[It will be said], "You were certainly in unmindfulness of this, and We have removed from you your cover, so your sight, this Day, is sharp."