Surah Al-Anbiya 21:1

سُورَةُ الأَنبِيَاءِ · Meccan · Verse 1 of 112

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱقْتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُهُمْ وَهُمْ فِى غَفْلَةٍۢ مُّعْرِضُونَ

Translation

Ever closer to people draws their reckoning, while they turn away, heedless.

English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.

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