075.014 Y:  Nay, man will be evidence against himself,

P:  Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,

S:  Nay! man is evidence against himself,

075.015 Y:  Even though he were to put up his excuses.

P:  Although he tender his excuses.

S:  Though he puts forth his excuses.

075.016 Y:  Move not thy tongue concerning the (Qur’an) to make haste therewith.

P:  Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.

S:  Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,

075.017 Y:  It is for Us to collect it and to promulgate it: 

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

S:  Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.

075.018 Y:  But when We have promulgated it, follow thou its recital (as promulgated): 

P:  And when We read it, follow thou the reading;

S:  Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.

075.019 Y:  Nay more, it is for Us to explain it (and make it clear): 

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

S:  Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.

075.020 Y:  Nay, (ye men!) but ye love the fleeting life,

P:  Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now

S:  Nay!  But you love the present life,

075.021 Y:  And leave alone the Hereafter.

P:  And neglect the Hereafter.

S:  And neglect the hereafter.

075.022 Y:  Some faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness and beauty);-

P:  That day will faces be resplendent,

S:  (Some) faces on that day shall be bright,

075.023 Y:  Looking towards their Lord;

P:  Looking toward their Lord;

S:  Looking to their Lord.

075.024 Y:  And some faces, that Day, will be sad and dismal,

P:  And that day will other faces be despondent,

S:  And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,

075.025 Y:  In the thought that some back-breaking calamity was about to be inflicted on them;

P:  Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.

S:  Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.

075.026 Y:  Yea, when (the soul) reaches to the collar-bone (in its exit),

P:  Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat

S:  Nay!  When it comes up to the throat,

075.027 Y:  And there will be a cry, “Who is a magician (to restore him)?”

P:  And men say:  Where is the wizard (who can save him now)?

S:  And it is said:  Who will be a magician?

075.028 Y:  And he will conclude that it was (the Time) of Parting;

P:  And he knoweth that it is the parting;

S:  And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting