| 1 | When the sky is rent asunder, | ||
| 2 | And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, and it must needs (do so);- | ||
| 3 | And when the earth is flattened out, | ||
| 4 | And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) empty, | ||
| 5 | And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord,- and it must needs (do so);- (then will come Home the full reality). | ||
| 6 | O thou man! Verily thou art ever toiling on towards thy Lord- painfully toiling,- but thou shalt meet Him. | ||
| 7 | Then he who is given his Record in his right hand, | ||
| 8 | Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning, | ||
| 9 | And he will turn to his people, rejoicing! | ||
| 10 | But he who is given his Record behind his back,- | ||
| 11 | Soon will he cry for perdition, | ||
| 12 | And he will enter a Blazing Fire. | ||
| 13 | Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing! | ||
| 14 | Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)! | ||
| 15 | Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of him! | ||
| 16 | So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset; | ||
| 17 | The Night and its Homing; | ||
| 18 | And the Moon in her fullness: | ||
| 19 | Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage. | ||
| 20 | What then is the matter with them, that they believe not?- | ||
| 21 | And when the Qur'an is read to them, they fall not prostrate, | ||
| 22 | But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it). | ||
| 23 | But Allah has full knowledge of what they secrete (in their breasts) | ||
| 24 | So announce to them a Penalty Grievous, | ||
| 25 | Except to those who believe and work righteous deeds: For them is a Reward that will never fail. |