:1. By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence;
:2. By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);
:3. And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),
:4. Then press forward as in a race,
:5. Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),
:6. One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion,
:7. Followed by oft-repeated (commotions):
:8. Hearts that Day will be in agitation;
:9. Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.
:10. They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state?
:11. "What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"
:12. They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"
:13. But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,
:14. When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).
:15. Has the story of Moses reached thee?
