— 46 verses
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 see
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
On the day that they see it, it will be as though they had not tarried but the latter part of a day or the early part of it