إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انشَقَّتْ (1)
When the sky is rent asunder |
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ (2)
and hearkens to its Lord, as it must |
وَإِذَا الْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ (3)
and when the earth is leveled out |
وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ (4)
and casts out all what it contains, and becomes empty |
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ (5)
and hearkens to its Lord, as it must |
يَا أَيُّهَا الْإِنسَانُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَاقِيهِ (6)
O humans, you are toiling towards your Lord, and you will surely meet Him |
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ (7)
Whoever is given his Record in his right hand |
فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا (8)
he will have an easy reckoning |
وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا (9)
and he will return to his people joyfully |
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ وَرَاءَ ظَهْرِهِ (10)
But whoever is given his Record from behind his back |
فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُو ثُبُورًا (11)
he will call out for destruction |
وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا (12)
and he will enter the Blazing Fire |
إِنَّهُ كَانَ فِي أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا (13)
Indeed, he used to live among his people joyfully |
إِنَّهُ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ (14)
and he thought that he would never return [to Allah] |
بَلَىٰ إِنَّ رَبَّهُ كَانَ بِهِ بَصِيرًا (15)
Indeed he will! His Lord was always watching him |
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالشَّفَقِ (16)
Indeed, I swear by the twilight |
وَاللَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ (17)
and by the night and what it covers |
وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا اتَّسَقَ (18)
and by the moon when it becomes full |
لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ (19)
You will surely pass from one stage to another |
فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ (20)
Then 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 |
بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يُكَذِّبُونَ (22)
Rather, the disbelievers persist in denying it |
وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ (23)
but Allah knows best whatever they harbor in their hearts |
فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ (24)
So give them the tidings of a painful punishment |
إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ (25)
But those who believe and do righteous deeds will have a never-ending reward |
