| 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!
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