عُذرًا أَو نُذرًا
Excusing or warning.
إِنَّما توعَدونَ لَواقِعٌ
What you’re promised is to come.
فَإِذَا النُّجومُ طُمِسَت
When the stars are obliterated.
وَإِذَا السَّماءُ فُرِجَت
And the sky is fractured.
وَإِذَا الجِبالُ نُسِفَت
And the mountains are blown away.
وَإِذَا الرُّسُلُ أُقِّتَت
And when the messengers’ time has been appointed.
لِأَيِّ يَومٍ أُجِّلَت
To what Day was it deferred?
لِيَومِ الفَصلِ
To the Day of Sorting.
وَما أَدراكَ ما يَومُ الفَصلِ
And what will make you understand what the Day of Sorting is?
وَيلٌ يَومَئِذٍ لِلمُكَذِّبينَ
Woe, on that Day, to the deniers!
أَلَم نُهلِكِ الأَوَّلينَ
Didn’t We annihilate the first ones?