Chapter 84, 25 verses
When the sky is rent asunder,
When the heaven bursts asunder,
When the sky has split [open]
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, and it must needs (do so); -
And obeys its Lord and it must.
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
And when the earth is flattened out,
And when the earth is stretched,
And when the earth has been extended
And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) empty,
And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, - and it must needs (do so); - (then will come Home the full reality).
And obeys its Lord and it must.
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -
O thou man! Verily thou art ever toiling on towards thy Lord - painfully toiling, - but thou shalt meet Him.
O man! surely you must strive (to attain) to your Lord, a hard striving until you meet Him.
O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.
Then he who is given his Record in his right hand,
Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand,
Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,
Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,
He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,
He will be judged with an easy account
And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!
And he shall go back to his people joyful.
And return to his people in happiness.
But he who is given his Record behind his back, -
And as to him who is given his book behind his back,
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
Soon will he cry for perdition,
He shall call for perdition,
He will cry out for destruction
And he will enter a Blazing Fire.
And enter into burning fire.
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing!
Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)!
Surely he thought that he would never return.
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of him!
Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.
So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset;
But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,
So I swear by the twilight glow
The Night and its Homing;
And the night and that which it drives on,
And [by] the night and what it envelops
And the Moon in her fullness:
And the moon when it grows full,
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.
That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
What then is the matter with them, that they believe not? -
But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,
And when the Qur'an is read to them, they fall not prostrate,
And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance?
And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?
But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).
Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.
But those who have disbelieved deny,
But Allah has full knowledge of what they secrete (in their breasts)
And Allah knows best what they hide,
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,
So announce to them a painful punishment~
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
Except to those who believe and work righteous deeds: For them is a Reward that will never fail.
Except those who believe and do good; for them is a reward that shall never be cut off.
Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.