۞فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِمَوَٰقِعِ ٱلنُّجُومِ
Then no! I swear by the sites of the stars-
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَقَسَمٞ لَّوۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ عَظِيمٌ
And surely it is indeed a tremendous oath, if you only know (it)-
إِنَّهُۥ لَقُرۡءَانٞ كَرِيمٞ
Surely it is indeed an honorable Qur'an,
فِي كِتَٰبٖ مَّكۡنُونٖ
In a nestled Book,
لَّا يَمَسُّهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلۡمُطَهَّرُونَ
Which none shall touch except the purified,
تَنزِيلٞ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
A successive sending down from The Lord of the worlds.
أَفَبِهَٰذَا ٱلۡحَدِيثِ أَنتُم مُّدۡهِنُونَ
Is it, then, that you (i.e., the disbelievers) are dissimulating with this Discourse?
وَتَجۡعَلُونَ رِزۡقَكُمۡ أَنَّكُمۡ تُكَذِّبُونَ
And making your provision (for livelihood) that you cry lies?
فَلَوۡلَآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلۡحُلۡقُومَ
Then had it been that, when (the self) (i.e., the self of the dying person) reaches the gullet (of the dying)-