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 release with gentle release. 2 And those who glide swimmingly, 3 And those who race each other in a race 4 by those that direct an affair! 5 One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion, 6 to be followed by further [convulsions]! 7 Many a heart will flutter on that day! 8 Unable to lift their gaze. 9 They say: “Shall we indeed be restored to life, 10 after we have become bones and dust?" 11 They say: "It would in that case, be a return with loss!" 12 But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry, 13 When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment). 14 (Muhammad), have you heard the story of Moses 15 His Lord called out to him by the sacred valley of Tuwa: 16 That “Go to Firaun – he has rebelled.” 17 and say, 'Will you reform yourself? 18 ‘And I may guide you to your Lord, so that you may fear.’” 19 So he showed him the greater sign; 20 but the Pharaoh rejected it and disobeyed (Moses). 21 and hastily turned away, 22 Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation, 23 Saying: "I am alone your lord, the highest of them all." 24 So God seized him with the chastisement of the Last World and the First. 25 In this there is a lesson for those who have fear of God. 26