(i) * By the [winds] sent forth for a purpose
* and gales that rage on and on,
* scattering things around;
* then dividing them all up,
** and delivering a Reminder
* either as a plea or a warning,
* you (all) are surely promised something inevitable.

* When the stars fade away,
* when the sky splits open,
** when mountains are pulverized
* and when messengers' time is set,
* till which day will they be put off?

* Did We not wipe out ancient men?
* Then We followed them up with later ones.
* Thus We deal with criminals!
* It will be too bad
for rejectors on that day!

** Do We not create you (all)
from a despised fluid?
* We place it in a firm resting-place
* for a known period. * We measure it out
and how favored are Those Who measure it!
* It will be too bad
for rejectors on that day!

** Have We not placed the earth as a round up
* for the living and the dead?
* We have planted lofty headlands on it
and offered you (all) fresh water to drink.
* It will be too bad
for rejectors on that day!

* Hurry off to whatever you have been rejecting!
** Hurry away to shade which has three sections,
* which is not shady nor any help against flame.
* It throws off sparks like a palace [on fire],
* [bright] as a yellow camel herd.
* It will be too bad
for rejectors on that day!

** This will be a day when they will not
utter [a sound]; * nor will they
be permitted to offer any excuse.
* It will be too bad
for rejectors on that day!

* This is a day for Sorting [things] out;
We shall bring you (all) together
with the original men. * If you have any scheme,
then scheme against me.
** It will be too bad
for rejectors on that day!

* Eat and enjoy yourselves
for a little while,
since you are criminals.
** It will be too bad
for rejectors on that day.

* When someone told them: "Bow your heads!",
* they would not bow their heads [in prayer].
** It will be too bad
for rejectors on that day.