1. By the (angels) who
tear out (the souls of the
wicked) with violence;
2. By those who gently draw out
(the souls of the blessed);
3. And by those who glide along
(on errands of mercy),
4. Then press forward as in a
race,
5. Then arrange to do (the
Commands of their Lord),
6. One Day everything that can
be in commotion will be in
violent commotion,
7. Followed by oft-repeated
(commotions):
8. Hearts that Day will be in
agitation;
9. Cast down will be (their
owners') eyes.
10. They say (now): "What! shall
we indeed be returned to (our)
former state?
11. "What! - when we shall have
become rotten bones?"
12. They say: "It would, in that
case, be a return with loss!"
13. But verily, it will be but a
single (Compelling) Cry,
14. When, behold, they will be
in the (full) awakening (to
Judgment).
15. Has the story of Moses
reached thee?
16. Behold, thy Lord did call to
him in the sacred valley of Tuwa:-
17. "Go thou to Pharaoh for he
has indeed transgressed all
bounds:
18. "And say to him, 'Wouldst
thou that thou shouldst be
purified (from sin)?-
19. "'And that I guide thee to
thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear
Him?'"
20. Then did (Moses) show him
the Great Sign.
21. But (Pharaoh) rejected it
and disobeyed (guidance);
22. Further, he turned his back,
striving hard (against Allah..
23. Then he collected (his men)
and made a proclamation,
24. Saying, "I am your Lord,
Most High".
25. But Allah did punish him,
(and made an) example of him, -
in the Hereafter, as in this
life.
26. Verily in this is an
instructive warning for
whosoever feareth ((Allah)).
27. What! Are ye the more
difficult to create or the
heaven (above)? ((Allah)) hath
constructed it:
28. On high hath He raised its
canopy, and He hath given it
order and perfection.
29. Its night doth He endow with
darkness, and its splendour doth
He bring out (with light).
30. And the earth, moreover,
hath He extended (to a wide
expanse);
31. He draweth out therefrom its
moisture and its pasture;
32. And the mountains hath He
firmly fixed;-
33. For use and convenience to
you and your cattle.
34. Therefore, when there comes
the great, overwhelming
(Event),-
35. The Day when man shall
remember (all) that he strove
for,
36. And Hell-Fire shall be
placed in full view for (all) to
see,-
37. Then, for such as had
transgressed all bounds,
38. And had preferred the life
of this world,
39. The Abode will be Hell-Fire;
40. And for such as had
entertained the fear of standing
before their Lord's (tribunal)
and had restrained (their) soul
from lower desires,
41. Their abode will be the
Garden.
42. They ask thee about the
Hour,-'When will be its
appointed time?
43. Wherein art thou (concerned)
with the declaration thereof?
44. With thy Lord in the Limit
fixed therefor.
45. Thou art but a Warner for
such as fear it.
46. The Day they see it, (It
will be) as if they had tarried
but a single evening, or (at
most till) the following morn! |