By the ones who tear out vehemently,
by the ones who draw out a drawing out,
by the ones who are swimmers, swimming,
the ones who take the lead, taking the lead,
by the ones who manage a command,
on a Day when the quake quakes,
succeeds the one that comes close behind it,
hearts beating painfully on that Day,
their sight, that which is humble.
They say: Will we be restored to our original state
when we had been crumbled bones?
They said: That is a return again of one who is a loser.
Truly, there will be but one scare.
That is when they would be the ones awakening.
Approached thee the discourse of Moses
when his Lord cried out to him in the sanctified valley of Tuwa:
Be thou gone to Pharaoh. Truly, he was defiant.
And say: Wouldst thou purify thyself?
And I will guide thee to thy Lord, then, thou wilt dread Him.
And he caused him to see the greater sign.
But Pharaoh denied and rebelled.
Again, Pharaoh drew back, hastening about.
Then, Pharaoh assembled them; then, proclaimed.
Then, Pharaoh said: I am your lofty lord.
So God took him with an exemplary punishment for the last and for the first.
Truly, in that is a lesson for whoever dreads God.
Is your constitution harder to create or the heaven which He built?
He exalted its vault and shaped it
and He made its night dark and brought out its forenoon.
And, after that, He spread out the earth.
He brought out from it its water and its pasture.
And the mountains He set firm,
an enjoyment for you and for your flocks.
When the Greater Catastrophe would draw near,
on that Day the human being will recollect for what he endeavored.
Hellfire will be advanced for whoever sees.
As for whoever was defiant
and held this present life in greater favor,
then, truly, hellfire will be the place of shelter!
And as for him who feared the Station of his Lord and prohibited desire from his soul,
truly, the Garden will be the place of shelter!
They ask thee about the Hour. When will it berth?
Then, what art thou about that thou remind of it?
To thy Lord is the Utmost Boundary of it.
And thou art only one who warns to such a one whoever dreads it.
It will be as though a Day they see it, they linger not in expectation but an evening or a forenoon.