بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ

When the sky is rent asunder

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

and hearkens to the command of its Lord, doing what it should;

وَإِذَا الْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ

and when the earth is stretched out

وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ

and casts out what is within it and is emptied,

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

and hearkens to the command of its Lord, doing what it should.

يَا أَيُّهَا الْإِنْسَانُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَاقِيهِ

O man, you are striving unto your Lord and you will meet Him.

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ

Whoever is given the Record in his right hand

فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا

shall be called to an easy accounting,

وَيَنْقَلِبُ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا

and shall return to his people joyfully.

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ وَرَاءَ ظَهْرِهِ

But he who is given the Record behind his back,

فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُو ثُبُورًا

shall cry for “perdition,”

وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا

and will enter the Blazing Fire.

إِنَّهُ كَانَ فِي أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا

He used to live joyfully among his people,

إِنَّهُ ظَنَّ أَنْ لَنْ يَحُورَ

thinking he would never revert (to Us).

بَلَىٰ إِنَّ رَبَّهُ كَانَ بِهِ بَصِيرًا

But no; (how would he not revert)? His Lord was ever watching him.

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالشَّفَقِ

Nay; I swear by the twilight;

وَاللَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ

and by the night and what it enfolds,

وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا اتَّسَقَ

and by the moon, when it reaches its fullness:

لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَنْ طَبَقٍ

you shall proceed onwards from stage to stage.

فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

So, what is the matter with them that they do not believe,

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقُرْآنُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩

and when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate themselves?

بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يُكَذِّبُونَ

Instead, the unbelievers reject it, calling it a lie.

وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ

Allah knows best what they are accumulating (in their Record).

فَبَشِّرْهُمْ بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

So give them the good news of a painful chastisement,

إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ

except for those who believe and do good deeds. Theirs shall be an unending reward.