al-Qiyāmah

I swear by the Day of Resurrection!

— Ali Quli Qarai

And I swear by the self-critical soul!

— Ali Quli Qarai

Does man suppose that We will not put together his bones [at resurrection]?

— Ali Quli Qarai

Yes indeed, We are able to [re]shape [even] his fingertips!

— Ali Quli Qarai

Indeed, man desires to go on living viciously.

— Ali Quli Qarai

He asks, ‘When will be this “day of resurrection”?!’

— Ali Quli Qarai

But when the eyes are dazzled,

— Ali Quli Qarai

the moon is eclipsed,

— Ali Quli Qarai

and the sun and the moon are brought together,

— Ali Quli Qarai

that day man will say, ‘Where is the escape [from this day]?’

— Ali Quli Qarai

No indeed! There will be no refuge!

— Ali Quli Qarai

That day the [final] goal will be toward your Lord.

— Ali Quli Qarai

That day man will be informed about what [works] he had sent ahead [to the scene of judgement] and [the legacy that he had] left behind.

— Ali Quli Qarai

Indeed, man is a witness to himself,

— Ali Quli Qarai

though he should offer excuses [to justify his failings].

— Ali Quli Qarai

Do not move your tongue with it to hasten it.

— Ali Quli Qarai

Indeed it is up to Us to put it together and to recite it.

— Ali Quli Qarai

And when We have recited it, follow its recitation.

— Ali Quli Qarai

Then, its exposition [also] lies with Us.

— Ali Quli Qarai

No! Indeed, you love this transitory life

— Ali Quli Qarai

and forsake the Hereafter.

— Ali Quli Qarai

Some faces will be fresh on that day,

— Ali Quli Qarai

looking to their Lord,

— Ali Quli Qarai

and some faces will be scowling on that day,

— Ali Quli Qarai

knowing that they will be dealt out a punishment breaking the spine.

— Ali Quli Qarai

No indeed! When it reaches up to the collar bones

— Ali Quli Qarai

and it is said, ‘Who will take him up?’

— Ali Quli Qarai

and he knows that it is the [time of] parting,

— Ali Quli Qarai

and each shank clasps the other shank,

— Ali Quli Qarai

that day he shall be driven toward your Lord.

— Ali Quli Qarai

He neither confirmed [the messages of Allah], nor did he pray,

— Ali Quli Qarai

but denied [them] and turned away,

— Ali Quli Qarai

and went back swaggering to his family.

— Ali Quli Qarai

So, woe to you! Woe to you!

— Ali Quli Qarai

Again, woe to you! Woe to you!

— Ali Quli Qarai

Does man suppose that he has been abandoned to futility?

— Ali Quli Qarai

Was he not a drop of emitted semen,

— Ali Quli Qarai

and then a clinging mass? Whereat He created and proportioned [him],

— Ali Quli Qarai

and made of him the two sexes, male and female.

— Ali Quli Qarai

Is not [someone like] that able to revive the dead?

— Ali Quli Qarai