Chapter 84, 25 verses
When the sky has split [open]
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
And when the earth has been extended
And when the earth is spread out
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -
And attentive to her Lord in fear!
O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.
Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence).
Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,
Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
He will be judged with an easy account
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
And return to his people in happiness.
And will return unto his folk in joy.
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
But whoso is given his account behind his back,
He will cry out for destruction
He surely will invoke destruction
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
And be thrown to scorching fire.
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
So I swear by the twilight glow
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
And [by] the night and what it envelops
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
And by the moon when she is at the full,
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?
And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah) ?
But those who have disbelieved deny,
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
So give them tidings of a painful doom,
Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.
Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.