وَالسّابِحاتِ سَبحًا

And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming

فَالسّابِقاتِ سَبقًا

And those who race each other in a race

فَالمُدَبِّراتِ أَمرًا

And those who arrange [each] matter,

يَومَ تَرجُفُ الرّاجِفَةُ

On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],

تَتبَعُهَا الرّادِفَةُ

There will follow it the subsequent [one].

أَبصارُها خاشِعَةٌ

Their eyes humbled.

يَقولونَ أَإِنّا لَمَردودونَ فِي الحافِرَةِ

They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?

أَإِذا كُنّا عِظامًا نَخِرَةً

Even if we should be decayed bones?

قالوا تِلكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خاسِرَةٌ

They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."

فَإِنَّما هِيَ زَجرَةٌ واحِدَةٌ

Indeed, it will be but one shout,