The Snatchers (Al-Naze'aat)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
By the pluckers (the angels of death), violently plucking (the souls of the unbelievers), 1 And by those who gently draw out the souls of the blessed, 2 and float [through space] with floating serene, 3 And who quickly present themselves. 4 And then they manage the affair, 5 The day on which the quaking one shall quake, 6 Followed by the second blast, 7 hearts will be throbbing, 8 Unable to lift their gaze. 9 They say: “Shall we indeed be restored to life, 10 When we have become bones decayed! 11 They say: "It would in that case, be a return with loss!" 12 It will be only one scaring shout, 13 And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface. 14 Has the story of Moses come to you 15 when his Lord called him in the holy valley of Tuwa, 16 and directed him: “Go to Pharaoh, he has rebelled, 17 Then say: Have you (a desire) to purify yourself: 18 Then I shall guide thee unto thy Lord so that thou shalt fear. 19 Then Moses (went to Pharaoh and) showed him the Great Sign; 20 but he cried lies, and rebelled, 21 Then he quickly turned his back. 22 So he gathered the people, and proclaimed. 23 Saying: "I am your lord, most high", 24 So God seized him for the punishment of the Hereafter and this world. 25 Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah). 26