The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934]
1. By the (angels)
Who tear out
(The souls of the wicked)
With violence;
2. By those who gently
Draw out (the souls
Of the blessed);
3. And by those who glide
Along (on errands of mercy),
4. Then press forward
As in a race,
5. Then arrange to do
(The Commands of their Lord),—
6. One Day everything that
Can be in commotion will
Be in violent commotion,
7. Followed by oft-repeated
(Commotions):
8. Quloobun yawma-ithin wajifatun
8. Hearts that Day
Will be in agitation;
9. Cast down will be
(Their owners’) eyes.
10. Yaqooloona a-inna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati
10. They say (now): "What!
Shall we indeed be
Returned to (our) former state?—
11. A-itha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan
11. "What!—when we shall
Have become rotten bones?"
12. Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun
12. They say: "It would
In that case, be
A return with loss!"
13. Fa-innama hiya zajratun wahidatun
13. But verily, it will
Be but a single
(Compelling) Cry,
14. When, behold, they
Will be in the (full)
Awakening (to Judgment).
15. Has the story
Of Moses reached thee?
16. Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan
16. Behold, thy Lord did call
To him in the sacred valley
Of Ṭuwā:—
17. Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha
17. "Go thou to Pharaoh,
For he has indeed
Transgressed all bounds:
18. Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka
18. "And say to him,
"Wouldst thou that thou
Shouldst he purified
(From sin)?—
19. Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha
19. "And that I guide thee
To thy Lord, so thou
Shouldst fear Him?"
20. Then did (Moses) show him
The Great Sign.
21. But (Pharaoh) rejected it
And disobeyed (guidance);
22. Further, he turned his back,
Striving hard (against God).
23. Then he collected (his men)
And made a proclamation,
24. Faqala ana rabbukumu al-aAAla
24. Saying, "I am your Lord,
Most High".
25. Faakhathahu Allahu nakala al-akhirati waal-oola
25. But God did punish him,
(And made an) example
Of him,—in the Hereafter,
As in this life.
26. Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha
26. Verily in this is
An instructive warning
For whosoever feareth (God).