Nobel Quran - English Translation
26. And during the night prostrate thyself before HIM, and extol HIS glory for a long part of the night.
27. Verily, these people love the present life, and they neglect a very hard day ahead.
28. WE have created them and have strengthened their make; and when WE will, WE can replace them by others like them.
29. Verily, this is a Reminder. So whoever wishes, may take a way unto his Lord.
30. But you cannot so wish unless ALLAH so wills. Verily, ALLAH is All-Knowing, Wise.
31. HE admits into HIS mercy whom HE pleases and for the wrongdoers HE has prepared a painful punishment.
 
1. By those who send forth to spread goodness,
2. Then they push on with a forceful pushing,
3. And by those who spread the Truth, a good spreading,
4. Then they distinguish fully between good and evil;
5. Then they carry the Exhortation far and wide,
6. To excuse some and warn others,
7. Verily, that which you are promised must come to pass.
8. So when the stars are made to lose their light,
9. And when the heaven is rent asunder,
10. And when the mountains are blown away like dust,
11. And when the Messengers are made to appear at the appointed time -
12. To what day have these portents been deferred ?
13. To the Day of Decision.
14. And what should make thee know what the Day of Decision is -
15. Woe on that day unto those who reject the Truth !
16. Did WE not destroy the earlier peoples ?
17. WE will now cause the later ones to follow them.
18. Thus do WE deal with the guilty.
19. Woe on that day unto those who reject the Truth !