إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انشَقَّتْ (1)
When the sky is rent asunder |
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ (2)
and hearkens to the command of its Lord, doing what it should |
وَإِذَا الْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ (3)
and when the earth is stretched out |
وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ (4)
and casts out what is within it and is emptied |
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ (5)
and hearkens to the command of its Lord, doing what it should |
يَا أَيُّهَا الْإِنسَانُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَاقِيهِ (6)
O man, you are striving unto your Lord and you will meet Him |
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ (7)
Whoever is given the Record in his right hand |
فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا (8)
shall be called to an easy accounting |
وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا (9)
and shall return to his people joyfully |
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ وَرَاءَ ظَهْرِهِ (10)
But he who is given the Record behind his back |
فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُو ثُبُورًا (11)
shall cry for “perdition,” |
وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا (12)
and will enter the Blazing Fire |
إِنَّهُ كَانَ فِي أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا (13)
He used to live joyfully among his people |
إِنَّهُ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ (14)
thinking he would never revert (to Us) |
بَلَىٰ إِنَّ رَبَّهُ كَانَ بِهِ بَصِيرًا (15)
But no; (how would he not revert)? His Lord was ever watching him |
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالشَّفَقِ (16)
Nay; I swear by the twilight |
وَاللَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ (17)
and by the night and what it enfolds |
وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا اتَّسَقَ (18)
and by the moon, when it reaches its fullness |
لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ (19)
you shall proceed onwards from stage to stage |
فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ (20)
So, what is the matter with them that they do not believe |
وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقُرْآنُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩ (21)
and when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate themselves |
بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يُكَذِّبُونَ (22)
Instead, the unbelievers reject it, calling it a lie |
وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ (23)
Allah knows best what they are accumulating (in their Record) |
فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ (24)
So give them the good news of a painful chastisement |
إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ (25)
except for those who believe and do good deeds. Theirs shall be an unending reward |
