الإنسان

[1]HAS THERE [not] been an endless span of time before man [appeared - a time] when he was not yet a thing to be thought of?

[2]Verily, it is We who have created man out of a drop of sperm intermingled, so that We might try him [in his later life]: and therefore We made him a being endowed with hearing and sight.

[3]Verily, We have shown him the way: [and it rests with him to prove himself] either grateful or ungrateful.

[4][Now,] behold, for those who deny the truth We have readied chains and shackles, and a blazing flame

[5][whereas,] behold, the truly virtuous shall drink from a cup flavoured with the calyx of sweet-smelling flowers:

[6]a source [of bliss] whereof God's servants shall drink, seeing it flow in a flow abundant.

[7][The truly virtuous are] they [who] fulfil their vows, and stand in awe of a Day the woe of which is bound to spread far and wide,

[8]and who give food - however great be their own want of it - unto the needy, and the orphan, and the captive,

[9][saying, in their hearts,] "We feed you for the sake of God alone: we desire no recompense from you, nor thanks:

[10]behold, we stand in awe of our Sustainer's judgment on a distressful, fateful Day!"