Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAlas! No refuge!
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Juz 29
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?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHath there come upon man (ever) any period of time in which he was a thing unremembered?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! We create man from a drop of thickened fluid to test him; so We make him hearing, knowing.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! We have shown him the way, whether he be grateful or disbelieving.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! We have prepared for disbelievers manacles and carcans and a raging fire.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! the righteous shall drink of a cup whereof the mixture is of Kafur,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallA spring wherefrom the slaves of Allah drink, making it gush forth abundantly,
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(Because) they perform the vow and fear a day whereof the evil is wide-spreading,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd feed with food the needy wretch, the orphan and the prisoner, for love of Him,
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(Saying): We feed you, for the sake of Allah only. We wish for no reward nor thanks from you;
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! we fear from our Lord a day of frowning and of fate.
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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).