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[1] By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence;
[2] By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);
[3] And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),
[4] Then press forward as in a race,
[5] Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),
[6] One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion,
[7] Followed by oft-repeated (commotions):
[8] Hearts that Day will be in agitation;
[9] Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.
[10] They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state?
[11] "What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"
[12] They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"
[13] But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,
[14] When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).
[15] Has the story of Moses reached thee?
[16] Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa:-
[17] "Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:
[18] "And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)?-
[19] "'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'"
[20] Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.
[21] But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);
[22] Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).
[23] Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,
[24] Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".
[25] But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the Hereafter, as in this life.
[26] Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah).
[27] What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (Allah) hath constructed it:
[28] On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection.
[29] Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light).
[30] And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);
[31] He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;
[32] And the mountains hath He firmly fixed;-
[33] For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
[34] Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event),-
[35] The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for,
[36] And Hell-Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see,-
[37] Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,
[38] And had preferred the life of this world,
[39] The Abode will be Hell-Fire;
[40] And for such as had entertained the fear of standing before their Lord's (tribunal) and had restrained (their) soul from lower desires,
[41] Their abode will be the Garden.
[42] They ask thee about the Hour,-'When will be its appointed time?
[43] Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?
[44] With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.
[45] Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it.
[46] The Day they see it, (It will be) as if they had tarried but a single evening, or (at most till) the following morn!