:16. Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa:-
:17. "Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:
:18. "And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)?-
:19. "'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'"
:20. Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.
:21. But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);
:22. Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).
:23. Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,
:24. Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".
:25. But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the Hereafter, as in this life.
:26. Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah).
:27. What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (Allah) hath constructed it:
:28. On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection.
:29. Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light).
:30. And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);
:31. He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;
:32. And the mountains hath He firmly fixed;-
:33. For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
:34. Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event),-
:35. The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for,
:36. And Hell-Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see,-
:37. Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,
:38. And had preferred the life of this world,
:39. The Abode will be Hell-Fire;
:40. And for such as had entertained the fear of standing before their Lord's (tribunal) and had restrained (their) soul from lower desires,
:41. Their abode will be the Garden.
:42. They ask thee about the Hour,-'When will be its appointed time?
:43. Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?
:44. With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.
:45. Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it.
:46. The Day they see it, (It will be) as if they had tarried but a single evening, or (at most till) the following morn!
