— 50 verses
By the emissary winds, (sent) one after another
By the raging hurricanes
By those which cause earth's vegetation to revive
By those who winnow with a winnowing
By those who bring down the Reminder
To excuse or to warn
Surely that which ye are promised will befall
So when the stars are put out
And when the sky is riven asunder
And when the mountains are blown away
And when the messengers are brought unto their time appointed
For what day is the time appointed
For the Day of Decision
And what will convey unto thee what the Day of Decision is!
Woe unto the repudiators on that day
Destroyed We not the former folk
Then caused the latter folk to follow after
Thus deal We ever with the guilty
Woe unto the repudiators on that day
Did We not create you from a base fluid
Which We laid up in a safe abode
For a known term
Thus We arranged. How excellent is Our arranging
Woe unto the repudiators on that day
Have We not made the earth a receptacl
Both for the living and the dead
And placed therein high mountains and given you to drink sweet water therein
Woe unto the repudiators on that day
(It will be said unto them:) Depart unto that (doom) which ye used to deny
Depart unto the shadow falling threefold
(Which yet is) no relief nor shelter from the flame
Lo! it throweth up sparks like the castles
(Or) as it might be camels of bright yellow hue
Woe unto the repudiators on that day
This is a day wherein they speak not
Nor are they suffered to put forth excuses
Woe unto the repudiators on that day
This is the Day of Decision, We have brought you and the men of old together
If now ye have any wit, outwit Me
Woe unto the repudiators on that day
Lo! those who kept their duty are amid shade and fountains
And fruits such as they desire
(Unto them it is said:) Eat, drink and welcome, O ye blessed, in return for what ye did
Thus do We reward the good
Woe unto the repudiators on that day
Eat and take your ease (on earth) a little. Lo! ye are guilty
Woe unto the repudiators on that day
When it is said unto them: Bow down, they bow not down
Woe unto the repudiators on that day
In what statement, after this, will they believe