The Snatchers (Al-Naze'aat)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
By those that pluck out vehemently 1 and those that draw out violently, 2 And by those who float in space, 3 And then they speed with foremost speed. 4 And who plan the implementation. 5 The day the convulsive (first blast) shatters convulsively 6 and will be followed by the second one, 7 Hearts, that Day, will tremble, 8 Unable to lift their gaze. 9 They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]? 10 "Even after we are crumbled bones?" 11 They say: that then shall be a losing return. 12 Surely they will need no more than a single stern blast, 13 and behold, they are awakened. 14 Has there reached you the story of Moses? - 15 His Lord called to him in the Sacred Valley of Towa, 16 Go to Fir'aun (Pharaoh), verily, he has transgressed all bounds (in crimes, sins, polytheism, disbelief, etc.). 17 “Tell him ‘Do you have the inclination to become pure?’ 18 ‘And I may guide you to your Lord, so that you may fear.’” 19 Then he shewed him the great sign. 20 But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed. 21 Then he turned away in a hurry, 22 then he mustered 23 and said, "I am your Lord All-Highest!" 24 but God seized him and meted out to him the chastisement of both the next world and the present: 25 Surely, in this there is a lesson for he that fears! 26