:9. And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown, committed habitual Sin.
:10. And disobeyed (each) the messenger of their Lord; so He punished them with an abundant Penalty.
:11. We, when the water (of Noah's Flood) overflowed beyond its limits, carried you (mankind), in the floating (Ark),
:12. That We might make it a Message unto you, and that ears (that should hear the tale and) retain its memory should bear its (lessons) in remembrance.
:13. Then, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet,
:14. And the earth is moved, and its mountains, and they are crushed to powder at one stroke,-
:15. On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass.
:16. And the sky will be rent asunder, for it will that Day be flimsy,
:17. And the angels will be on its sides, and eight will, that Day, bear the Throne of thy Lord above them.
:18. That Day shall ye be brought to Judgment: not an act of yours that ye hide will be hidden.
:19. Then he that will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Ah here! Read ye my Record!
:20. "I did really understand that my Account would (One Day) reach me!"
:21. And he will be in a life of Bliss,
:22. In a Garden on high,
:23. The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near.
:24. "Eat ye and drink ye, with full satisfaction; because of the (good) that ye sent before you, in the days that are gone!"
:25. And he that will be given his Record in his left hand, will say: "Ah! Would that my Record had not been given to me!
:26. "And that I had never realised how my account (stood)!
:27. "Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!
:28. "Of no profit to me has been my wealth!
:29. "My power has perished from me!"...
:30. (The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him,
:31. "And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.
:32. "Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits!
:33. "This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High.
:34. "And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!
