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1 When the sky has split [open]

1 When the heaven bursts asunder,

2 And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]

2 And obeys its Lord and it must.

3 And when the earth has been extended

3 And when the earth is stretched,

4 And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]

4 And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,

5 And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -

5 And obeys its Lord and it must.

6 O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.

6 O man! surely you must strive (to attain) to your Lord, a hard striving until you meet Him.

7 Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,

7 Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand,

8 He will be judged with an easy account

8 He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,

9 And return to his people in happiness.

9 And he shall go back to his people joyful.

10 But as for he who is given his record behind his back,

10 And as to him who is given his book behind his back,

11 He will cry out for destruction

11 He shall call for perdition,

12 And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

12 And enter into burning fire.

13 Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;

13 Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.

14 Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].

14 Surely he thought that he would never return.

15 But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.

15 Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.

16 So I swear by the twilight glow

16 But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,

17 And [by] the night and what it envelops

17 And the night and that which it drives on,

18 And [by] the moon when it becomes full

18 And the moon when it grows full,

19 [That] you will surely experience state after state.

19 That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.

20 So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,

20 But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,

21 And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?

21 And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance?

22 But those who have disbelieved deny,

22 Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.

23 And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.

23 And Allah knows best what they hide,

24 So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

24 So announce to them a painful punishment~

25 Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.

25 Except those who believe and do good; for them is a reward that shall never be cut off.