— 46 verses
By those who drag forth to destruction
By the meteors rushing
By the lone stars floating
By the angels hastening
And those who govern the event
On the day when the first trump resoundeth
And the second followeth it
On that day hearts beat painfull
While eyes are downcas
(Now) they are saying: Shall we really be restored to our first stat
Even after we are crumbled bones
They say: Then that would be a vain proceeding
Surely it will need but one shout
And lo! they will be awakened
Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses
How his Lord called him in the holy vale of Tuwa
(Saying:) Go thou unto Pharaoh - Lo! he hath rebelled
And say (unto him): Hast thou (will) to grow (in grace)
Then I will guide thee to thy Lord and thou shalt fear (Him)
And he showed him the tremendous token
But he denied and disobeyed
Then turned he away in haste
Then gathered he and summone
And proclaimed: "I (Pharaoh) am your Lord the Highest."
So Allah seized him (and made him) an example for the after (life) and for the former
Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth
Are ye the harder to create, or is the heaven that He built
He raised the height thereof and ordered it
And He made dark the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn thereof
And after that He spread the earth
And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof
And He made fast the hills
A provision for you and for your cattle
But when the great disaster cometh
The day when man will call to mind his (whole) endeavour
And hell will stand forth visible to him who seeth
Then, as for him who rebelle
And chose the life of the world
Lo! hell will be his home
But as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from lust
Lo! the Garden will be his home
They ask thee of the Hour: when will it come to port
Why (ask they)? What hast thou to tell thereof
Unto thy Lord belongeth (knowledge of) the term thereof
Thou art but a warner unto him who feareth it
On the day when they behold it, it will be as if they had but tarried for an evening or the morn thereof