إِذا قَرُبَت ساعَةً يا لَها

وَزُلزِلَتِ الأَرضُ زُلزالَها

When the Hour draws near—oh, what an Hour!

And the earth is shaken with its violent quaking,

تَسيرُ الجِبالُ عَلى سُرعَةٍ

كَمَرِّ السَحابِ تَرى حالَها

The mountains moving with great speed,

Passing like clouds, you shall witness their state.

وَتَنفَطِرُ الأَرضُ مِن نَفحَةٍ

هُنالِكَ تُخرِجُ أَثقالَها

And the earth is rent asunder by a single blast,

There and then casting forth its heavy burdens.

وَلا بُدَّ مِن سائِلٍ قائِلٍ

مِنَ الناسِ يَومَئِذٍ ما لَها

And inevitably, an inquirer shall ask,

Among the people on that Day: "What ails it?"

تُحَدِّثُ أَخبارَها رَبُّها

وَرَبُّكَ لا شَكَّ أَوحى لَها

It shall recount its tidings, for its Lord

—And your Lord, without doubt—has inspired it to do so.

وَيَصدُرُ كُلٌّ إِلى مَوقِفٍ

يُقيمُ الكُهولَ وَأَطفالَها

And all shall issue forth to the Station of Judgment,

Which arrests the elders and the children alike.

تَرى النَفسَ ما عَلِمَت مُحضَراً

وَلَو ذَرَّةً كانَ مِثقالَها

The soul shall see what it has prepared brought forth,

Even if its weight be but a mere atom.

يُحاسِبُها مَلِكٌ قادِرٌ

فَإِما عَلَيها وَإِما لَها

An Omnipotent King shall call it to account:

Either a judgment against it, or in its favor.

ذُنوبي ثِقالٌ فَما حِيلَتي

إِذا كُنتُ في البَعثِ حَمّالَها

My sins are heavy, so what is my recourse

If I am to be their bearer at the Resurrection?

تَرى الناسَ سَكرى بِلا خَمرَةٍ

وَلَكِن تَرى العَينُ ما هالَها

You shall see people drunk, though without wine,

For the eye beholds what has terrified it.

نَسيتُ المعادَ فَياوَيلَها

وَأَعطَيتُ لِلنَفسِ آمالَها

I forgot the Hereafter—so woe unto my soul,

And I granted the self its fleeting desires.