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1. By those [angels] who extract with violence¹⁸³³

2. And [by] those who remove with ease¹⁸³⁴

3. And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming¹⁸³⁵

4. And those who race each other in a race¹⁸³⁶

5. And those who arrange [each] matter,¹⁸³⁷

6. On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],

7. There will follow it the subsequent [one].

8. Hearts,¹⁸³⁸ that Day, will tremble,

9. Their eyes¹⁸³⁹ humbled.

10. They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?

11. Even if we should be decayed bones?"¹⁸⁴⁰

12. They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."¹⁸⁴¹

13. Indeed, it will be but one shout,

14. And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.

15. Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

16. When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Ṭuwā,

17. "Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.

18. And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself

19. And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"

20. And he showed him the greatest sign,¹⁸⁴²

21. But he [i.e., Pharaoh] denied and disobeyed.

22. Then he turned his back, striving [i.e., plotting].¹⁸⁴³

23. And he gathered [his people] and called out

24. And said, "I am your most exalted lord."

25. So Allāh seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].¹⁸⁴⁴.

26. Indeed in that is a lesson [i.e., warning] for whoever would fear [Allāh].

27. Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? He [i.e., Allāh] constructed it.

28. He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

29. And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.¹⁸⁴⁵

30. And after that He spread the earth.

31. He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

32. And the mountains He set firmly

33. As enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.

34. But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity¹⁸⁴⁶ -

35. The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,

36. And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -

37. So as for he who transgressed

38. And preferred the life of the world,

39. Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.

40. But as for he who feared the position of his Lord¹⁸⁴⁷ and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,

41. Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.

42. They ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?¹⁸⁴⁸

43. In what [position] are you that you should mention it?¹⁸⁴⁹

44. To your Lord is its finality.¹⁸⁵⁰

45. You are only a warner for those who fear it.

46. It will be, on the Day they see it,¹⁸⁵¹ as though they had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof.