THUS IT IS: if* the hypocrites, and they in whose hearts is disease,* and they who, by spreading false rumours, would cause disturbances* in the City [of the Prophet] desist not [from their hostile doings]. We shall indeed give thee mastery over them, [O Muhammad] - and then they will not remain thy neighbours in this [city] for more than a little while:*

[HENCE,* think of] the Day when a violent convulsion will convulse [the world],

on the Day when the earth and the mountains will be convulsed and the mountains will [crumble and] become like a sand-dune on the move!*

[HENCE,* think of] the Day when a violent convulsion will convulse [the world],

Thereupon an earthquake overtook them: and then they lay lifeless, in their very homes, on the ground.*

Thereupon an earthquake overtook them: and then they lay lifeless, in their very homes, on the ground* -

And Moses chose out of his people seventy men to come [and pray for forgiveness] at a time set by Us. Then, when violent trembling seized them,* he prayed: "O my Sustainer! Hadst Thou so willed, Thou wouldst have destroyed them ere this, and me [with them]. Wilt Thou destroy us for what the weak-minded among us have done? (All] this is but a trial from Thee, whereby Thou allowest to go astray whom Thou willest, and guidest aright whom Thou willest. Thou art near unto us: grant us, then, forgiveness and have mercy on us - for Thou art the best of all forgivers!

But they gave him the lie. Thereupon an earthquake overtook them: and then they lay lifeless, in their very homes, on the ground.*