CONSIDER these [messages,] sent forth in wave
and then storming on with a tempest's force
Consider these [messages] that spread [the truth] far and wide
thus separating [right and wrong] with all clarity
and then giving forth a reminder
[promising] freedom from blame or [offering] a warning
BEHOLD, all that you are told to expect will surely come to pass
Thus, [it will come to pass] when the stars are effaced
and when the sky is rent asunder
and when the mountains are scattered like dust
and when all the apostles are called together at a time appointed..
For what day has the term [of all this] been set
For the Day of Distinction [between the true and the false]
And what could make thee conceive what that Day of Distinction will be
Woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth
Did We not destroy [so many of] those [sinners] of olden days
And We shall let them be followed by those of later times
[for] thus do We deal with such as are lost in sin
Woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth
Did We not create you out of a humble fluid
which We then let remain in [the womb's] firm keeping
for a term pre-ordained
Thus have We determined [the nature of man's creation]: and excellent indeed is Our power to determine [what is to be]
Woe, on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth
Have We not caused the earth to hold within itself
the living and the dead
and have We not set on it proud, firm mountains, and given you sweet water to drink
Woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth
GO ON towards that [resurrection] which you were wont to call a lie
Go on towards the threefold shadow
that will offer no [cooling] shade and will be of no avail against the flam
which – behold!- will throw up sparks like [burning] logs
like giant fiery ropes
Woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth –
that Day on which they will not [be able to] utter a word
nor be allowed to proffer excuses
Woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth –
that Day of Distinction [between the true and the false, when they will be told]: "We have brought you together with those [sinners] of olden times
and if you [think that you] have a subterfuge left, try to outwit Me!"
Woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth
[AS AGAINST this,] behold, the God-conscious shall dwell amidst [cooling] shades and springs
and [partake of] whatever fruit they may desire
[and they will be told:] "Eat and drink in good cheer in return for what you did [in life]!"
Thus, behold, do We reward the doers of good
[but] woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth
EAT [your fill] and enjoy your life for a little while, O you who are lost in sin
[But] woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth
and when they are told, "Bow down [before God]", do not bow down
woe on that Day unto those who give the to the truth
In what other tiding, then, will they, after this, believe