O Allah, I seek refuge in you from the accursed Satan
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
By those ˹winds˺ sent forth successively,
and those blowing violently,
And ˹by˺ those ˹angels˺ fully distinguishing ˹truth from falsehood˺,
and those scattering ˹rainclouds˺ widely!
and those delivering revelation,
ending excuses and giving warnings.
Surely, what you are promised will come to pass.
So when the stars are put out,
and the sky is torn apart,
and the mountains are blown away,
and the messengers’ time ˹to testify˺ comes up—
for which Day has all this been set?
For the Day of ˹Final˺ Decision!
And what will make you realize what the Day of Decision is?
Woe on that Day to the deniers!
Did We not destroy earlier disbelievers?
And We will make the later disbelievers follow them.
This is how We deal with the wicked.
Woe on that Day to the deniers!
Did We not create you from a humble fluid,
placing it in a secure place
until an appointed time?1
We ˹perfectly˺ ordained ˹its development˺. How excellent are We in doing so!
Woe on that Day to the deniers!
Have We not made the earth a lodging
for the living and the dead,
and placed upon it towering, firm mountains, and given you fresh water to drink?
Woe on that Day to the deniers!
˹The disbelievers will be told,˺ “Proceed into that ˹Fire˺ which you used to deny!
Proceed into the shade ˹of smoke˺ which rises in three columns,
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