The Snatchers (Al-Naze'aat)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
I CALL TO WITNESS those who dive and drag, 1 by the angels who gently release the souls of the believers, 2 And those who glide swimmingly, 3 by the angels who hasten along 4 And those who govern the event, 5 The day on which the quaking one shall quake, 6 followed by the succeeding, 7 Hearts will pound loudly on that day, 8 and their eyes will be humbled. 9 They say: shall we indeed be restored to the first state, 10 Even after we are crumbled bones? 11 They say: "Then this returning will be a dead loss." 12 But only, it will be a single Zajrah [shout (i.e., the second blowing of the Trumpet)]. (See Verse 37:19). 13 And lo! they will be awakened. 14 Did the news of Moosa reach you? 15 His Lord called to him in the Sacred Valley of Towa, 16 "Go unto Pharaoh - for, verily, he has transgressed all bounds of what is right 17 Then say: Have you (a desire) to purify yourself: 18 Do you want me to guide you to your Lord, so that you should fear Him?'" 19 Moses showed him the great miracle 20 but he cried lies, and rebelled, 21 and hastily turned away, 22 And assembled (his council) and proclaimed, 23 Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High". 24 Thereupon Allah seized him for the chastisement of the World to Come as well as of the present. 25 Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth. 26