By those who pluck out harshly,
and those who draw out gently,
and those who glide serenely,
and those who outrun easily,
and those who direct affairs.
On the Day the first blast shudders,
and the second blast follows it,
hearts that Day will be pounding
and eyes will be cast down.
They will say, ´Are we to be restored to how we were?
when we have become perished, worm-eaten bones?´
They say, ´That will clearly be a losing restoration!´
There will be but one Great Blast,
and at once they will be on the surface, wide awake!
Has the story of Musa reached you:
when his Lord called out to him in the holy valley of Tuwa?
´Go to Pharaoh — he has overstepped the limits —
and say: "Do you resolve to purify yourself.
I will guide you to your Lord so that you may fear Him?"´
Then he showed him the Great Sign.
But he denied it and disobeyed,
and then he hastily backed away.
But then he rallied and called out,
saying, ´I am your Lord Most High!´
So Allah made an example of him seizing him with punishment in the next World and this world.
There is certainly instruction in that for those who fear.
Are you stronger in structure or is heaven? He built it.
He raised its vault high and made it level.
He darkened its night and brought forth its morning light.
After that He smoothed out the earth
and brought forth from it its water and its pastureland
and made the mountains firm,
for you and for your livestock to enjoy.
When the Great Calamity comes:
that Day man will remember what he has striven for
and the Blazing Fire will be displayed for all who can see.
As for him who overstepped the bounds
and preferred the life of this world,
the Blazing Fire will be his refuge.
But as for him who feared the Station of his Lord and forbade the lower self its appetites,
the Garden will be his refuge.
They ask you about the Hour: ´When will it come?´
What are you doing mentioning it?
Its coming is your Lord´s affair.
You are only the warner of those who fear it.
On the Day they see it, it will be as if they had only lingered for the evening or the morning of a single day.