النَّازِعَات

But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);

Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).

Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,

Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".

But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the Hereafter, as in this life.

Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah).

What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (Allah) hath constructed it:

On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection.

Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light).

And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);

He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;

And the mountains hath He firmly fixed;-

For use and convenience to you and your cattle.

Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event),-

The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for,

And Hell-Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see,-

Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,

And had preferred the life of this world,

The Abode will be Hell-Fire;

And for such as had entertained the fear of standing before their Lord´s (tribunal) and had restrained (their) soul from lower desires,