Al-Qiyamah

I swear by the Day of Resurrection, and by the self-reproaching soul! Does man think Allah will not gather his bones? Yes indeed: He is able to restore even his fingertips perfectly. Yet man wants to keep sinning, asking, “When is this Day of Resurrection?” When the eyes are dazzled, the moon is eclipsed and the sun and moon are brought together, man will say, “Where is the escape?” There is no refuge: to your Lord, that Day, is the place of rest. Man will be told what he sent ahead and what he left behind; he will be a witness against himself, even if he offers excuses. (O Prophet,) do not move your tongue to hurry with the revelation: it is on Allah to gather it and recite it; when it is recited, follow its recitation; then it is on Allah to make it clear. But you love this fleeting world and leave the Hereafter. Some faces that Day will be radiant, looking at their Lord; others gloomy, expecting a back-breaking disaster. When the soul reaches the collarbones and it is said, “Who can cure him?”, and he is sure it is the parting, and leg is wrapped around leg, to your Lord that Day is the driving. He neither believed nor prayed, but denied and turned away, then went to his family strutting with pride: woe to you, and woe; again, woe to you, and woe! Does man think he will be left without purpose? Was he not a drop of fluid, then a clinging clot, which Allah created and proportioned, making from it male and female? Is not That One able to give life to the dead?