1 . By the emissary winds , ( sent ) one after another
2 . By the raging hurricanes ,
3 . By those which cause earth ' s vegetation to revive ;
4 . By those who winnow with a winnowing ,
5 . By those who bring down the Reminder ,
6 . To excuse or to warn ,
7 . Surely that which ye are promised will befall .
8 . So when the stars are put out ,
9 . And when the sky is riven asunder ,
10 . And when the mountains are blown away ,
11 . And when the messengers are brought unto their time appointed
12 . For what day is the time appointed?
13 . For the Day of Decision .
14 . And what will convey unto thee what the Day of Decision is!
15 . Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
16 . Destroyed We not the former folk ,
17 . Then caused the latter folk to follow after?
18 . Thus deal We ever with the guilty .
19 . Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
20 . Did We not create you from a base fluid
21 . Which We laid up in a safe abode
22 . For a known term?
23 . Thus We arranged . How excellent is Our arranging!
24 . Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
25 . Have We not made the earth a receptacle
26 . Both for the living and the dead ,
27 . And placed therein high mountains and given you to drink sweet water therein?
28 . Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
29 . ( It will be said unto them : ) Depart unto that ( doom ) which ye used to deny ;
30 . Depart unto the shadow falling threefold .
31 . ( Which yet is ) no relief nor shelter from the flame .
32 . Lo! it throweth up sparks like the castles ,
33 . ( Or ) as it might be camels of bright yellow hue .
34 . Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
35 . This is a day wherein they speak not ,
36 . Nor are they suffered to put forth excuses .
37 . Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
38 . This is the Day of Decision , We have brought you and the men of old together .
39 . If now ye have any wit , outwit Me .
40 . Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
41 . Lo! those who kept their duty are amid shade and fountains ,
42 . And fruits such as they desire .
43 . ( Unto them it is said : ) Eat , drink and welcome , O ye blessed , in return for what ye did .
44 . Thus do We reward the good .
45 . Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
46 . Eat and take your ease ( on earth ) a little . Lo! ye are guilty .
47 . Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
48 . When it is said unto them : Bow down , they bow not down!
49 . Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
50 . In what statement , after this , will they believe?