Al-Qiyamah Verse 2

And I do swear by the self-reproaching soul!

and I swear by the self-reproaching soul!

No! I swear by the reproachful soul.

and by the self-reproaching soul!

And I swear by the self-reproaching soul.

And I do call to witness the self-reproaching spirit; (Eschew Evil).

and nay, I swear by the self-reproaching soul!

And I call the reprehensive soul to witness:

And by oath of the soul that reproaches itself.

And I swear by the self-critical soul!

And I swear by the self-accusing human soul;

And I swear by the self-reproaching soul (at the doing of an evil deed as an evidence to the truth of Final Resurrection).

And nor I swear/make oath with the self , the often blaming/reprimanding.

And by oath of the soul that reproaches itself.

Nay! I swear by (or call to witness) the self-accusing soul.

And I swear by the self-reproaching person (a believer).

Nay, I swear by the self-accusing spirit!

Nay! I swear by the self-accusing soul.

Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).

and by the self accusing soul (that you will certainly be resurrected).

No! I swear by the reproachful soul!

And nay! I swear by An-Nafs Al-Lawwamah.

and by the self-reproaching soul!

And I swear by the blaming soul.

And, nay, I swear by the (self-)reproaching soul, the one that reproaches itself, even if it should expend great effort in being virtuous (the response to the oath has been omitted, that is to say, la-tub`athunna, `you shall indeed be resurrected!', as indicated by [what follows]);

Nay! I swear by the Day of Resurrection.

And nay! I swear by An-Nafs Al-Lawwamah.

Qatadah said,

"This means, I swear by both of these things."

This has also been reported from Ibn `Abbas and Sa`id bin Jubayr.

Concerning the Day of Judgement, it is well known what it is.

In reference to An-Nafs Al-Lawwamah, Qurrah bin Khalid reported from Al-Hasan Al-Basri that he said about this Ayah,

"Verily, by Allah, we think that every believer blames himself. He says (questioning himself),

`What did I intend by my statement What did I intend by my eating?

What did I intend in what I said to myself?'

However, the sinner proceeds ahead and he does not blame himself."

Ibn Jarir recorded from Sa`id bin Jubayr that he said concerning Allah's statement,
وَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالنَّفْسِ اللَّوَّامَةِ
(And nay! I swear by An-Nafs Al-Lawwamah)

"He criticizes himself in good and bad."

Similar has been reported from `Ikrimah.

Ibn Abi Najih reported from Mujahid;

"He is sorry for what he missed (of good deeds) and he blames himself for it."

Allah said;

أَيَحْسَبُ الاِْنسَانُ أَلَّن نَجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُ