:17. That Day will every soul be requited for what it earned; no injustice will there be that Day, for Allah is Swift in taking account.
:18. Warn them of the Day that is (ever) drawing near, when the hearts will (come) right up to the throats to choke (them); No intimate friend nor intercessor will the wrong-doers have, who could be listened to.
:19. (Allah) knows of (the tricks) that deceive with the eyes, and all that the hearts (of men) conceal.
:20. And Allah will judge with (justice and) Truth: but those whom (men) invoke besides Him, will not (be in a position) to judge at all. Verily it is Allah (alone) Who hears and sees (all things).
:21. Do they not travel through the earth and see what was the End of those before them? They were even superior to them in strength, and in the traces (they have left) in the land: but Allah did call them to account for their sins, and none had they to defend them against Allah.
:22. That was because there came to them their messengers with Clear (Signs), but they rejected them: So Allah called them to account: for He is Full of Strength, Strict in Punishment.
:23. Of old We sent Moses, with Our Signs and an authority manifest,
:24. To Pharaoh, Haman, and Qarun; but they called (him)" a sorcerer telling lies!"...
:25. Now, when he came to them in Truth, from Us, they said, "Slay the sons of those who believe with him, and keep alive their females," but the plots of Unbelievers (end) in nothing but errors (and delusions)!...
