Ilaa rabbika yawma 'izinil mustaqarr
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
Yunabba 'ul insaanu yawma 'izim bimaa qaddama wa akhkhar
Man will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
Balil insaanu 'alaa nafsihee baseerah
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
Wa law alqaa ma'aazeerah
Even if he presents his excuses.
Laa tuharrik bihee lisaa naka lita'jala bih
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with it [i.e., recitation of the Quran].
Inna 'alainaa jam'ahoo wa qur aanah
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
Fa izaa qaraanaahu fattabi' qur aanah
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
Summa inna 'alainaa bayaanah
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
Kallaa bal tuhibboonal 'aajilah
No! But you [i.e., mankind] love the immediate