[76:26]

And worship Him (a portion) of the night. And glorify Him through the livelong night.

[76:27]

Lo! these love fleeting life, and put behind them (the remembrance of) a grievous day.

[76:28]

We, even We, created them, and strengthened their frame. And when We will, We can replace them, bringing others like them in their stead.

[76:29]

Lo! this is an Admonishment, that whosoever will may choose a way unto his Lord.

[76:30]

Yet ye will not, unless Allah willeth. Lo! Allah is Knower, Wise.

[76:31]

He maketh whom He will to enter His mercy, and for evil-doers hath prepared a painful doom.

The Emissaries

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

[77:1]

By the emissary winds, (sent) one after another

[77:2]

By the raging hurricanes,

[77:3]

By those which cause earth’s vegetation to revive;

[77:4]

By those who winnow with a winnowing,

[77:5]

By those who bring down the Reminder,

[77:6]

To excuse or to warn,

[77:7]

Surely that which ye are promised will befall.

[77:8]

So when the stars are put out,

[77:9]

And when the sky is riven asunder,

[77:10]

And when the mountains are blown away,

[77:11]

And when the messengers are brought unto their time appointed -

[77:12]

For what day is the time appointed ?

[77:13]

For the Day of Decision.

[77:14]

And what will convey unto thee what the Day of Decision is! -

[77:15]

Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

[77:16]

Destroyed We not the former folk,

[77:17]

Then caused the latter folk to follow after ?

[77:18]

Thus deal We ever with the guilty.

[77:19]

Woe unto the repudiators on that day!