Selected Quranic verses

﴿ فَإِذَا قَرَأۡنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعۡ قُرۡءَانَهُۥ ﴾

Then when We recite it [through Gabriel], follow i...

﴿ ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا بَيَانَهُۥ ﴾

then it is upon Us to explain its meanings.

﴿ كَلَّا بَلۡ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡعَاجِلَةَ ﴾

No indeed! You [people] love this fleeting world,

﴿ وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَ ﴾

and neglect the Hereafter.

﴿ وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ نَّاضِرَةٌ ﴾

On that Day some faces will be bright,

﴿ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٞ ﴾

looking at their Lord[7].

﴿ وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بَاسِرَةٞ ﴾

And on that Day, some faces will be gloomy,

﴿ تَظُنُّ أَن يُفۡعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٞ ﴾

knowing that a crushing calamity will befall them.

﴿ كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِيَ ﴾

Indeed, when the soul reaches the throat[8],

﴿ وَقِيلَ مَنۡۜ رَاقٖ ﴾

and it is said, “Is there any healer?”

﴿ وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلۡفِرَاقُ ﴾

And he realizes that it is time to depart,

﴿ وَٱلۡتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ ﴾

when legs are brought together [in a shroud][9];