The night is also a sign for them: We strip the daylight from it, and- lo and behold!- they are in darkness.

The sun, too, runs its determined course laid down for it by the Almighty, the All Knowing.

We have determined phases for the moon until finally it becomes like an old date-stalk.

The sun cannot overtake the moon, nor can the night outrun the day: each floats in [its own] orbit.

وَءَايَةࣱ لَّهُمُ ٱلَّيْلُ نَسْلَخُ مِنْهُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فَإِذَا هُم مُّظْلِمُونَ

وَٱلشَّمْسُ تَجْرِي لِمُسْتَقَرࣲّ لَّهَاۚ ذَٰلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْعَلِيمِ

وَٱلْقَمَرَ قَدَّرْنَٰهُ مَنَازِلَ حَتَّىٰ عَادَ كَٱلْعُرْجُونِ ٱلْقَدِيمِ

لَا ٱلشَّمْسُ يَنۢبَغِي لَهَآ أَن تُدْرِكَ ٱلْقَمَرَ وَلَا ٱلَّيْلُ سَابِقُ ٱلنَّهَارِۚ وَكُلࣱّ فِي فَلَكࣲ يَسْبَحُونَ

Another sign for them is that We carried their seed in the laden Ark,

and We have made similar things for them to ride in.

If We wished, We could drown them, and there would be no one to help them: they could not be saved.

Only by Our mercy could they be reprieved to enjoy life for a while.

Yet when they are told, ‘Beware of what lies before and behind you, so that you may be given mercy,’

they ignore every single sign that comes to them from their Lord,

and when they are told, ‘Give to others out of what God has provided for you,’ the disbelievers say to the believers, ‘Why should we feed those that God could feed if He wanted? You must be deeply misguided.’

And they say, ‘When will this promise be fulfilled, if what you say is true?’

But all they are waiting for is a single blast that will overtake them while they are still arguing with each other.

They will have no time to make bequests, nor will they have the chance to return to their own people.

وَءَايَةࣱ لَّهُمْ أَنَّا حَمَلْنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ فِي ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ

وَخَلَقْنَا لَهُم مِّن مِّثْلِهِۦ مَا يَرْكَبُونَ

وَإِن نَّشَأْ نُغْرِقْهُمْ فَلَا صَرِيخَ لَهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنقَذُونَ

إِلَّا رَحْمَةࣰ مِّنَّا وَمَتَٰعًا إِلَىٰ حِينࣲ

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱتَّقُوا۟ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَمَا خَلْفَكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ

وَمَا تَأْتِيهِم مِّنْ ءَايَةࣲ مِّنْ ءَايَٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِينَ

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ أَنفِقُوا۟ مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَنُطْعِمُ مَن لَّوْ يَشَآءُ ٱللَّهُ أَطْعَمَهُۥٓ إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا فِي ضَلَٰلࣲ مُّبِينࣲ

وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

مَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا صَيْحَةࣰ وَٰحِدَةࣰ تَأْخُذُهُمْ وَهُمْ يَخِصِّمُونَ

فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ تَوْصِيَةࣰ وَلَآ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

The Trumpet will be sounded and- lo and behold!- they will rush out to their Lord from their graves.

They will say, ‘Alas for us! Who has resurrected us from our resting places?’ [They will be told], ‘This is what the Lord of Mercy promised, and the messengers told the truth.’

It was just one single blast and then- lo and behold!- they were all brought before Us.

‘Today, no soul will be wronged in the least: you will only be repaid for your deeds.

وَنُفِخَ فِي ٱلصُّورِ فَإِذَا هُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَنسِلُونَ

قَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَا مَنۢ بَعَثَنَا مِن مَّرْقَدِنَاۜۗ هَٰذَا مَا وَعَدَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ وَصَدَقَ ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ

إِن كَانَتْ إِلَّا صَيْحَةࣰ وَٰحِدَةࣰ فَإِذَا هُمْ جَمِيعࣱ لَّدَيْنَا مُحْضَرُونَ

فَٱلْيَوْمَ لَا تُظْلَمُ نَفْسࣱ شَيْـࣰٔا وَلَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

The people of Paradise today are happily occupied-

they and their spouses- seated on couches in the shade.

There they have fruit and whatever they ask for.

“Peace,” a word from the Lord of Mercy.

إِنَّ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ٱلْيَوْمَ فِي شُغُلࣲ فَٰكِهُونَ

هُمْ وَأَزْوَٰجُهُمْ فِي ظِلَٰلٍ عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ مُتَّكِـُٔونَ

لَهُمْ فِيهَا فَٰكِهَةࣱ وَلَهُم مَّا يَدَّعُونَ

سَلَٰمࣱ قَوْلࣰا مِّن رَّبࣲّ رَّحِيمࣲ