— 50 verses
I swear by the emissary winds, sent one after another (for men's benefit)
By the raging hurricanes
Which scatter clouds to their destined places
Then separate them one from another
Then I swear by the angels who bring down the revelation
To clear or to warn
Most surely what you are threatened with must come to pass
So when the stars are made to lose their light
And when the heaven is rent asunder
And when the mountains are carried away as dust
And when the messengers are gathered at their appointed tim
To what day is the doom fixed
To the day of decision
And what will make you comprehend what the day of decision is
Woe on that day to the rejecters
Did We not destroy the former generations
Then did We follow them up with later ones
Even thus shall We deal with the guilty
Woe on that day to the rejecters
Did We not create you from contemptible water
Then We placed it in a secure resting-place
Till an appointed term
So We proportion it-- how well are We at proportioning (things)
Woe on that day to the rejecters
Have We not made the earth to draw together to itself
The living and the dead
And made therein lofty mountains, and given you to drink of sweet water
Woe on that day to the rejecters
Walk on to that which you called a lie
Walk on to the covering having three branches
Neither having the coolness of the shade nor availing against the flame
Surely it sends up sparks like palaces
As if they were tawny camels
Woe on that day to the rejecters
This is the day on which they shall not speak
And permission shall not be given to them so that they should offer excuses
Woe on that day to the rejecters
This is the day of decision: We have gathered you and those of yore
So if you have a plan, plan against Me (now)
Woe on that day to the rejecters
Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be amid shades and fountains
And fruits such as they desire
Eat and drink pleasantly because of what you did
Surely thus do We reward the doers of good
Woe on that day to the rejecters
Eat and enjoy yourselves for a little; surely you are guilty
Woe on that day to the rejecters
And where it is said to them: Bow down, they do not bow down
Woe on that day to the rejecters
In what announcement, then, after it, will they believe