ثُمَّ أَدبَرَ يَسعىٰ

Then he turned his back, striving.

فَحَشَرَ فَنادىٰ

And he gathered [his people] and called out

فَقالَ أَنا رَبُّكُمُ الأَعلىٰ

And said, "I am your most exalted lord."

فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكالَ الآخِرَةِ وَالأولىٰ

So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].

إِنَّ في ذٰلِكَ لَعِبرَةً لِمَن يَخشىٰ

Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].

رَفَعَ سَمكَها فَسَوّاها

He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

وَأَغطَشَ لَيلَها وَأَخرَجَ ضُحاها

And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.

وَالأَرضَ بَعدَ ذٰلِكَ دَحاها

And after that He spread the earth.

أَخرَجَ مِنها ماءَها وَمَرعاها

He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

وَالجِبالَ أَرساها

And the mountains He set firmly