In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
I swear by the angels who violently pull out the souls of the wicked, | |
And by those who gently draw out the souls of the blessed, | |
And by those who float in space, | |
Then those who are foremost going ahead, | |
Then those who regulate the affair. | |
The day on which the quaking one shall quake, | |
What must happen afterwards shall follow it. | |
Hearts on that day shall palpitate, | |
Their eyes cast down. | |
They say: Shall we indeed be restored to (our) first state? | |
What! when we are rotten bones? | |
They said: That then would be a return occasioning loss. | |
But it shall be only a single cry, | |
When lo! they shall be wakeful. | |
Has not there come to you the story of Musa? | |
When his Lord called upon him in the holy valley, twice, | |
Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate. | |
Then say: Have you (a desire) to purify yourself: | |
And I will guide you to your Lord so that you should fear. | |
So he showed him the mighty sign. | |
But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed. | |
Then he went back hastily. | |
Then he gathered (men) and called out. | |
Then he said: I am your lord, the most high. | |
So Allah seized him with the punishment of the hereafter and the former life. | |
Most surely there is in this a lesson to him who fears. | |
Are you the harder to create or the heaven? He made it. | |
He raised high its height, then put it into a right good state. | |
And He made dark its night and brought out its light. | |
And the earth, He expanded it after that. | |
He brought forth from it its water and its pasturage. | |
And the mountains, He made them firm, | |
A provision for you and for your cattle. | |
But when the great predominating calamity comes; | |
The day on which man shall recollect what he strove after, | |
And the hell shall be made manifest to him who sees | |
Then as for him who is inordinate, | |
And prefers the life of this world, | |
Then surely the hell, that is the abode. | |
And as for him who fears to stand in the presence of his Lord and forbids the soul from low desires, | |
Then surely the garden -- that is the abode. | |
They ask you about the hour, when it will come. | |
About what! You are one to remind of it. | |
To your Lord is the goal of it. | |
You are only a warner to him who would fear it. | |
