فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰٓ
(79:25) Thereupon Allah seized him for the chastisement of the World to Come
as well as of the present.
as well as of the present.
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبۡرَةٗ لِّمَن يَخۡشَىٰٓ
(79:26) Surely there is a great lesson in it for whoever would fear (Allah).2
ءَأَنتُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُۚ بَنَىٰهَا
(79:27) Is3 it harder to create you or the heaven?4
But Allah built it,
But Allah built it,
رَفَعَ سَمۡكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا
(79:28) and raised its vault high and proportioned it;
وَأَغۡطَشَ لَيۡلَهَا وَأَخۡرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا
(79:29) and covered its night with darkness and brought forth from it its
day;5
day;5
وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ
(79:30) and thereafter spread out the earth,6
أَخۡرَجَ مِنۡهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرۡعَىٰهَا
(79:31) and brought out of it its water and its pasture,7