By the angels which are sent by God, following one another in a continual series; and those which move swiftly
with a rapid motion
and by those which disperse his commands, by divulging them through the earth
and by those which separate truth from falsehood, by distinguishing the same
and by those which communicate the divine admonitions
to excuse, or to threaten
Verily that which ye are promised is inevitable
When the stars, therefore, shall be put out
and when the heaven shall be cloven in sunder
and when the mountains shall be winnowed
and when the apostles shall have a time assigned them to appear and bear testimony against their respective people
to what a day shall that appointment be deferred
To the day of separation
And what shall cause thee to understand what the day of separation is
On that day, woe be unto them who accused the prophets of imposture
Have We not destroyed the obstinate unbelievers of old
We will also cause those of the latter times to follow them
Thus do We deal with the wicked
Woe be, on that day, unto them who accused the prophets of imposture
Have We not created you of a contemptible drop of seed
which We placed in a sure repository
until the fixed term of delivery
And We were able to do this: For We are most powerful
On that day, woe be unto those who accused the prophets of imposture
Have We not made the earth to contain
the living and the dead
and placed therein stable and lofty mountains, and given you fresh water to drink
Woe be, on that day, unto those who accused the prophets of imposture
It shall be said unto them, go ye to the punishment which ye denied as a falsehood
Go ye into the shadow of the smoke of hell, which shall ascend in three columns
and shall not shade you from the heat, neither shall it be of service against the flame
but it shall cast forth sparks as big as towers
resembling yellow camels in colour
Woe be, on that day, unto those who accused the prophets of imposture
This shall be a day whereon they shall not speak to any purpose
neither shall they be permitted to excuse themselves
Woe be, on that day, unto those who accused the prophets of imposture
This shall be the day of separation: We will assemble both you and your predecessors
Whereofore, if ye have any cunning stratagem, employ stratagems against Me
Woe be, on that day, unto those who accused the prophets of imposture
But the pious shall dwell amidst shades and fountains
and fruits of the kinds which they shall desire
And it shall be said unto them, eat and drink with easy digestion, in recompense for that which ye have wrought
for thus do We reward the righteous doers
Woe be, on that day, unto those who accused the prophets of imposture
Eat, O unbelievers, and enjoy the pleasures of this life, for a little while: Verily ye are wicked men
Woe be, on that day, unto those who accused the prophets of imposture
And when it is said unto them, bow down; they do not bow down
Woe be, on that day, unto those who accused the prophets of imposture
In what new revelation will they believe, after this