Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;
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Al-Qiyamah · The Resurrection
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallYea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut man would fain deny what is before him.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut when sight is confounded
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd the moon is eclipsed
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd sun and moon are united,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallOn that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAlas! No refuge!
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallUnto thy Lord is the recourse that day.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallOn that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallOh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAlthough he tender his excuses.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallStir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when We read it, follow thou the reading;
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd neglect the Hereafter.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThat day will faces be resplendent,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLooking toward their Lord;
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd that day will other faces be despondent,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now)?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd he knoweth that it is the parting;
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd agony is heaped on agony;
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallUnto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallFor he neither trusted, nor prayed.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut he denied and flouted.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen went he to his folk with glee.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNearer unto thee and nearer,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAgain nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThinketh man that he is to be left aimless?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWas he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd made of him a pair, the male and female.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIs not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life?
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Quran text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani), tanzil.net – CC BY 3.0, unchanged. Translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall – Public domain (published 1930).
