كَلَّا No kallā But bal you love tuḥibbūna the immediate l-ʿājilata
No! But you [i.e., mankind] love the immediate
وَتَذَرُونَ And leave watadharūna the Hereafter l-ākhirata
And leave [i.e., neglect] the Hereafter.
وُجُوهٌۭ Faces wujūhun that Day yawma-idhin (will be) radiant nāḍiratun
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
إِلَىٰ Towards ilā their Lord rabbihā looking nāẓiratun
Looking at their Lord.1
وَوُجُوهٌۭ And faces wawujūhun that Day yawma-idhin (will be) distorted bāsiratun
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
تَظُنُّ Thinking taẓunnu that an will be done yuf'ʿala to them bihā backbreaking fāqiratun
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
كَلَّآ No kallā When idhā it reaches balaghati the collar bones l-tarāqiya
No! When it [i.e., the soul] has reached the collar bones1
وَقِيلَ And it is said waqīla Who man (will) cure rāqin
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
وَظَنَّ And he is certain waẓanna that it annahu (is) the parting l-firāqu
And he [i.e., the dying one] is certain that it is the [time of] separation
وَٱلْتَفَّتِ And is wound wal-tafati the leg l-sāqu about the leg bil-sāqi
And the leg is wound about the leg,1
إِلَىٰ To ilā your Lord rabbika that Day yawma-idhin (will be) the driving l-masāqu
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.1
فَلَا And not falā he accepted (the) truth ṣaddaqa and not walā he prayed ṣallā
And he [i.e., the disbeliever] had not believed, nor had he prayed.
وَلَـٰكِن But walākin he denied kadhaba and turned away watawallā
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
ثُمَّ Then thumma he went dhahaba to ilā his family ahlihi swaggering yatamaṭṭā
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
ثُمَّ Then thumma woe awlā to you laka and woe fa-awlā
Then woe to you, and woe!
أَيَحْسَبُ Does think ayaḥsabu man l-insānu that an he will be left yut'raka neglected sudan
Does man think that he will be left neglected?1
أَلَمْ Was not alam he yaku a semen-drop nuṭ'fatan of min semen maniyyin emitted yum'nā
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
ثُمَّ Then thumma he was kāna a clinging substance ʿalaqatan then He created fakhalaqa and proportioned fasawwā
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allāh] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
فَجَعَلَ Then made fajaʿala of him min'hu two kinds l-zawjayni (the) male l-dhakara and the female wal-unthā
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
أَلَيْسَ Is not alaysa [that] dhālika (He) Able biqādirin [over] ʿalā to an give life yuḥ'yiya (to) the dead l-mawtā
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?
Al-'Insān
The Man
﷽
الانسان
هَلْ Has hal (there) come atā upon ʿalā man l-insāni a period ḥīnun of mina time l-dahri not lam he was yakun a thing shayan mentioned madhkūran
Has there [not] come upon man a period of time when he was not a thing [even] mentioned?
إِنَّا Indeed, We innā [We] created khalaqnā man l-insāna from min a semen-drop nuṭ'fatin a mixture amshājin (that) We test him nabtalīhi so We made (for) him fajaʿalnāhu hearing samīʿan and sight baṣīran
Indeed, We created man from a sperm-drop mixture1 that We may try him; and We made him hearing and seeing.
إِنَّا Indeed, We innā guided him hadaynāhu (to) the way l-sabīla whether immā (he) be grateful shākiran and whether wa-immā (he) be ungrateful kafūran
Indeed, We guided him to the way, be he grateful or be he ungrateful.
إِنَّآ Indeed, We innā [We] have prepared aʿtadnā for the disbelievers lil'kāfirīna chains salāsilā and shackles wa-aghlālan and a Blazing Fire wasaʿīran
Indeed, We have prepared for the disbelievers chains and shackles and a blaze.
إِنَّ Indeed inna the righteous l-abrāra will drink yashrabūna from min a cup kasin is kāna its mixture mizājuhā (of) Kafur kāfūran
Indeed, the righteous will drink from a cup [of wine] whose mixture is of Kāfūr,1