The Snatchers (Al-Naze'aat)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
CONSIDER those [stars] that rise only to set, 1 By the meteors rushing, 2 And by those who float in space, 3 and yet overtake [one another] with swift overtaking: 4 And by those angels who arrange to do the Commands of their Lord, (so verily, you disbelievers will be called to account). 5 On the Day, the shiverer shivers 6 followed by the succeeding, 7 On that Day will [men's] hearts be throbbing, 8 and their eyes will be humbled. 9 They say: shall we indeed be restored to the first state, 10 after we have become bones and dust?" 11 They say: "It would in that case, be a return with loss!" 12 It will only be a single blast, 13 And they will wake up suddenly. 14 Did the news of Moosa reach you? 15 When his Lord called him in the sacred valley of Tuwa, 16 Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate. 17 And say, "Hast thou the will to purify thyself; 18 ‘And I may guide you to your Lord, so that you may fear.’” 19 And he showed him the greatest sign, 20 But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed. 21 and hastily turned away, 22 then, he gathered, proclaimed, 23 Then he said: I am your lord, the most high. 24 Wherefore Allah laid hold of him with the punishment of the Hereafter and of the present. 25 surely there is in this a lesson for the God-fearing. 26