The Snatchers (Al-Naze'aat)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the pluckers (the angels of death), violently plucking (the souls of the unbelievers), 1 by the drawers (the angels of death), gently drawing (the souls of the believers), 2 And by those who float in space, 3 and the outstrippers (angels), outstripping, 4 And then they manage the affair, 5 The day on which the quaking one shall quake, 6 and the second blast follows it, 7 Hearts on that Day will be throbbing; 8 Unable to lift their gaze. 9 (The disbelievers) say, "Shall we be brought back to life again 10 When we have become bones decayed! 11 [And] they add, "That, then, would be a return with loss!" 12 Surely it will need but one shout, 13 to bring them out of their graves and back to life on the earth's surface. 14 Has the story of Moses reached thee? 15 When his Lord called him in the holy valley of Tuwa. 16 "Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds: 17 and say, 'Will you reform yourself? 18 "'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'" 19 So he showed him the greater sign; 20 But [Fir'aun (Pharaoh)] belied and disobeyed; 21 Then turned he away in haste, 22 and then he gathered [his great ones,] and called [unto his people,] 23 And said, "I am your most exalted lord." 24 So Allah seized him (and made him) an example for the after (life) and for the former. 25 In this there is a lesson for those who have fear of God. 26