فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ ٢٣
Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,
79:24
فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰ ٢٤
Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".
79:25
فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ ٢٥
But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the Hereafter, as in this life.
79:26
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِمَنْ يَخْشَىٰ ٢٦
Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah).
79:27
أَأَنْتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ ۚ بَنَاهَا ٢٧
What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (Allah) hath constructed it: