75. Kijame · verses 20–25

كـَلَّا بَلۡ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡعَاجِلَةَ

Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata

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

وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَ

Watatharoona alakhirata

And leave alone the Hereafter.

وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ نَّاضِرَةٌ

Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun

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

إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٞ

Ila rabbiha nathiratun

Looking towards their Lord;

وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بَاسِرَةٞ

Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun

And some faces, that Day, will be sad and dismal,

تَظُنُّ أَن يُفۡعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٞ

Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun

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