By those [angels] who wrest [the soul] violently
by those who draw [it] out gently
by those who swim smoothly
by those who take the lead, racing
by those who direct the affairs [of creatures]
the day when the Quaker quake
and is followed by the Successor
hearts will be trembling on that day
bearing a humbled look
They will say, ‘Are we being returned to our earlier state
What, when we have been decayed bones?!’
They will say, ‘This, then, is a ruinous return!
Yet it will be only a single shout
and behold, they will be awake
Did you receive the story of Moses
when his Lord called out to him in the holy valley of Tuwa
[And said,] ‘Go to Pharaoh, for indeed he has rebelled
and say, ‘‘Would you purify yourself
I will guide you to your Lord, that you may fear [Him]?’’ ’
Then he showed him the greatest sign
But he denied, and disobeyed
Then he turned back, walking swiftly
and mustered [the people] and proclaimed
saying, ‘I am your exalted lord!’
So Allah seized him with the punishment of this life and the Hereafter
There is indeed a moral in that for someone who fears
Is it you whose creation is more prodigious or the sky which He has built
He raised its vault, and fashioned it
and darkened its night, and brought forth its day
and after that He spread out the earth
and brought forth from it its water and pastures
and set firm the mountains
as a [place of] sustenance for you and your livestock
When the Greatest Catastrophe befalls
the day when man will remember his endeavours
and hell is brought into view for one who sees
as for him who was rebelliou
and preferred the life of this world
his refuge will indeed be hell
But as for him who is awed to stand before his Lord and forbids the soul from [following] desire
his refuge will indeed be paradise
They ask you concerning the Hour, “When will it set in
considering your frequent mention of it?”
Its outcome is with your Lord
You are only a warner for those who fear it
The day they see it, it shall be as if they had not stayed [in the world] except for an evening or forenoon