By those who tear out violently.
By those who draw out gently.
By those who glide swiftly.
By those who race ahead.
By those who manage affairs.
The Day the quaking blast strikes.
Followed by the second blast.
Hearts that Day will pound.
Their eyes cast down.
They say, "Will we really be returned to our former state?
Even after we are decayed bones?
They say, "That would be a losing return.
It will be just one blast.
Then suddenly they will be on the open plain.
Has the story of Moses reached you?
When his Lord called out to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa.
Go to Pharaoh, for he has transgressed.
Say to him, "Would you like to purify yourself?
I will guide you to your Lord so you may stand in awe of Him.
He showed him the greatest sign.
But he denied and disobeyed.
Then he turned away, striving.
He gathered his people and called out.
He said, "I am your lord, the most high."
So God seized him with the punishment of the Hereafter and this life.
In this is a lesson for whoever stands in awe.
Are you harder to create or the sky? He built it.
He raised its canopy and perfected it.
He darkened its night and brought forth its daylight.
The earth after that He spread out.
He brought forth from it its water and its pasture.
The mountains He anchored firmly.
A provision for you and your livestock.
When the overwhelming catastrophe arrives.
The Day when man will remember all that he strove for.
Hell will be brought into full view for all to see.
Whoever transgressed.
And preferred the life of this world.
Hell will be their refuge.
But whoever feared standing before their Lord and restrained the soul from its desires.
Paradise will be their refuge.
They ask you about the Hour: when will it arrive?
What do you have to do with its timing?
To your Lord is its end.
You are only a warner for those who fear it.
The Day they see it, it will seem as if they had stayed only an evening or its morning.