The Snatchers (Al-Naze'aat)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
By those that pluck out vehemently 1 And those who undo the bonds gently, 2 and float [through space] with floating serene, 3 and the outstrippers (angels), outstripping, 4 And those who govern the event, 5 On the Day when a violent convulsion will convulse [the world], 6 and will be followed by another quaking. 7 Many a heart will flutter on that day! 8 [and] their eyes downcast... 9 They say, "What? shall we be brought back to life, 10 After having turned to carious bones?" 11 They say: "Then this returning will be a dead loss." 12 But it shall be only a single cry, 13 When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment). 14 Hath there come unto thee the story of Musa! 15 Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa:- 16 "Go unto Pharaoh - for, verily, he has transgressed all bounds of what is right 17 and say to him: 'Are you willing to be purified, 18 And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'" 19 So he showed him the great sign, 20 but the Pharaoh rejected it and disobeyed (Moses). 21 Then he turned away, deliberating, 22 Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation, 23 and said, "I am your Lord All-Highest!" 24 Allah therefore seized him, in the punishment of this world and the Hereafter. 25 Surely, in this there is a lesson for he that fears! 26