I swear by (or call to witness) the emissary winds sent one after another for men´s benefit
By the raging hurricanes
Which scatter things far and wide
And separate things one from another
Then I swear by the angels who bring down the revelation (or message)
To clarify or to warn
Most surely what you are promised must come to pass
So when the stars are made dim
And when the heaven is rent asunder
And when the mountains are carried away as dust
And when the messengers are gathered at their appointed tim
To what Day are these signs appointed
To the Day of Decision
And what will make you comprehend what the day of decision is
Woe on that day to the rejecters
Did We not destroy the former generations
Then did We follow them up with later ones
Even thus shall We deal with the guilty
Woe on that day to the rejecters
Did We not create you from a fluid regarded contemptible
Which We laid in a safe abode (the womb)
Till an appointed term
Thus We arrange things - how well are We at arranging things
Woe on that day to the rejecters
Have We not made the earth draw together to itself
The living and the dead
And placed therein lofty mountains, and given you to drink sweet water from them
Woe on that day to the rejecters
Go on to that which you used to deny!
Go on to the smoke with three branches (or three fold shadow)
Neither having the coolness of the shade nor availing against the flame
Surely it sends up sparks like palaces
As if they were tawny camels
Woe on that day to the rejecters
This is the day on which they shall not speak
Nor are they permitted to make excuses (or pleas)
Woe on that day to the rejecters
This is the Day of Decision: We have gathered you and those of yore
So if you have a plan, plan against Me now
Woe on that day to the rejecters
Surely those who guard against evil shall be amid shades and fountains
And fruits such as they desire
Eat and drink pleasantly because of what you did
Surely thus do We reward the doers of good
Woe on that day to the rejecters
Eat and enjoy yourselves for a little; surely you are guilty
Woe on that day to the rejecters
And when it is said to them, "Bow down (in humility), they bow not
Woe on that day to the rejecters
In what announcement, then, after this, will they believe