Alas! No refuge! (11)

Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day. (12)

On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind. (13)

Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself, (14)

Although he tender his excuses. (15)

Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it. (16)

Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof. (17)

And when We read it, follow thou the reading; (18)

Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof. (19)

Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now (20)