(77:16) Did We not destroy the former peoples? (77:17) Then We will follow them with the later ones. (77:18) Thus do We deal with the criminals. (77:19) Woe, that Day, to the deniers. (77:20) Did We not create you from a liquid disdained? (77:21) And We placed it in a firm lodging (77:22) For a known extent. (77:23) And We determined [it], and excellent [are We] to determine. (77:24) Woe, that Day, to the deniers. (77:25) Have We not made the earth a container (77:26) Of the living and the dead? (77:27) And We placed therein lofty, firmly set mountains and have given you to drink sweet water. (77:28) Woe, that Day, to the deniers. (77:29) [They will be told], "Proceed to that which you used to deny. (77:30) Proceed to a shadow [of smoke] having three columns