فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكالَ الآخِرَةِ وَالأولىٰ

So, God seized him in exemplary punishment in the Last and the First.

إِنَّ في ذٰلِكَ لَعِبرَةً لِمَن يَخشىٰ

In this is a lesson for those who are cautious.

أَأَنتُم أَشَدُّ خَلقًا أَمِ السَّماءُ ۚ بَناها

Are you harder to create, or is the sky that He built?

رَفَعَ سَمكَها فَسَوّاها

He raised its height and proportioned it.

وَأَغطَشَ لَيلَها وَأَخرَجَ ضُحاها

He dimmed its night and brought out its morning.

أَخرَجَ مِنها ماءَها وَمَرعاها

From it, He brought forth its water and its pasture.

وَالجِبالَ أَرساها

And the mountains, He anchored.

مَتاعًا لَكُم وَلِأَنعامِكُم

As enjoyment for you and your livestock.

فَإِذا جاءَتِ الطّامَّةُ الكُبرىٰ

When the great overthrow arrives.

يَومَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الإِنسانُ ما سَعىٰ

The Day when man will remember his efforts.