1 | When the heaven is split asunder |
2 | And attentive to her Lord in fear, |
3 | And when the earth is spread out |
4 | And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty |
5 | And attentive to her Lord in fear! |
6 | Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence). |
7 | Then whoso is given his account in his right hand |
8 | He truly will receive an easy reckoning |
9 | And will return unto his folk in joy. |
10 | But whoso is given his account behind his back, |
11 | He surely will invoke destruction |
12 | And be thrown to scorching fire. |
13 | He verily lived joyous with his folk, |
14 | He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah). |
15 | Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him! |
16 | Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset, |
17 | And by the night and all that it enshroudeth, |
18 | And by the moon when she is at the full, |
19 | That ye shall journey on from plane to plane. |
20 | What aileth them, then, that they believe not |
21 | And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah) ? |
22 | Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny; |
23 | And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding. |
24 | So give them tidings of a painful doom, |
25 | Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing. |