فَحَشَرَ

فَنَادَىٰ

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Then he summoned ˹his people˺ and called out,

saying, “I am your lord, the most high!”

So Allah overtook him, making him an example in this life and the next.

Surely in this is a lesson for whoever stands in awe of ˹Allah˺.

Which is harder to create: you or the sky?¹ He built it,

raising it high and forming it flawlessly.

He dimmed its night, and brought forth its daylight.

As for the earth, He spread it out as well,¹

bringing forth its water and pastures

and setting the mountains firmly ˹upon it˺—

all as ˹a means of˺ sustenance for you and your animals.

But, when the Supreme Disaster¹ comes to pass—

the Day every person will remember all ˹their˺ striving,

and the Hellfire will be displayed for all to see—

then as for those who transgressed

and preferred the ˹fleeting˺ life of this world,

the Hellfire will certainly be ˹their˺ home.

And as for those who were in awe of standing before their Lord and restrained themselves from ˹evil˺ desires,

Paradise will certainly be ˹their˺ home.

They ask you ˹O Prophet˺ regarding the Hour, “When will it be?”

But it is not for you to tell its time.¹

That knowledge rests with your Lord ˹alone˺.

Your duty is only to warn whoever is in awe of it.

On the Day they see it, it will be as if they had stayed ˹in the world˺ no more than one evening or its morning.