كَلَّا No بَلْ But تُحِبُّونَ you love ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ the immediate ٢٠
No! But you [i.e., mankind] love the immediate
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وَتَذَرُونَ And leave ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ the Hereafter ٢١
And leave [i.e., neglect] the Hereafter.
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وُجُوهٌۭ Faces يَوْمَئِذٍۢ that Day نَّاضِرَةٌ (will be) radiant ٢٢
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
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إِلَىٰ Towards رَبِّهَا their Lord نَاظِرَةٌۭ looking ٢٣
Looking at their Lord.
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وَوُجُوهٌۭ And faces يَوْمَئِذٍۭ that Day بَاسِرَةٌۭ (will be) distorted ٢٤
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
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تَظُنُّ Thinking أَن that يُفْعَلَ will be done بِهَا to them فَاقِرَةٌۭ backbreaking ٢٥
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
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كَلَّآ No إِذَا When بَلَغَتِ it reaches ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ the collar bones ٢٦
No! When it [i.e., the soul] has reached the collar bones
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وَقِيلَ And it is said مَنْ ۜ Who رَاقٍۢ (will) cure ٢٧
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
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وَظَنَّ And he is certain أَنَّهُ that it ٱلْفِرَاقُ (is) the parting ٢٨
And he [i.e., the dying one] is certain that it is the [time of] separation
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وَٱلْتَفَّتِ And is wound ٱلسَّاقُ the leg بِٱلسَّاقِ about the leg ٢٩
And the leg is wound about the leg,
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إِلَىٰ To رَبِّكَ your Lord يَوْمَئِذٍ that Day ٱلْمَسَاقُ (will be) the driving ٣٠
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
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فَلَا And not صَدَّقَ he accepted (the) truth وَلَا and not صَلَّىٰ he prayed ٣١
And he [i.e., the disbeliever] had not believed, nor had he prayed.
— Come To Light
وَلَـٰكِن But كَذَّبَ he denied وَتَوَلَّىٰ and turned away ٣٢
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
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ثُمَّ Then ذَهَبَ he went إِلَىٰٓ to أَهْلِهِۦ his family يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ swaggering ٣٣
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
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أَوْلَىٰ Woe لَكَ to you فَأَوْلَىٰ and woe ٣٤
Woe to you, and woe!
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ثُمَّ Then أَوْلَىٰ woe لَكَ to you فَأَوْلَىٰٓ and woe ٣٥
Then woe to you, and woe!
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أَيَحْسَبُ Does think ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ man أَن that يُتْرَكَ he will be left سُدًى neglected ٣٦
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
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أَلَمْ Was not يَكُ he نُطْفَةًۭ a semen-drop مِّن of مَّنِىٍّۢ semen يُمْنَىٰ emitted ٣٧
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
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ثُمَّ Then كَانَ he was عَلَقَةًۭ a clinging substance فَخَلَقَ then He created فَسَوَّىٰ and proportioned ٣٨
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allāh] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
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فَجَعَلَ Then made مِنْهُ of him ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ two kinds ٱلذَّكَرَ (the) male وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ and the female ٣٩
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
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