بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ

When the heaven is split asunder

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

And attentive to her Lord in fear,

وَإِذَا الْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ

And when the earth is spread out

وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ

And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

And attentive to her Lord in fear!

يَا أَيُّهَا الْإِنْسَانُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَاقِيهِ

Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence).

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ

Then whoso is given his account in his right hand

فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا

He truly will receive an easy reckoning

وَيَنْقَلِبُ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا

And will return unto his folk in joy.

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ وَرَاءَ ظَهْرِهِ

But whoso is given his account behind his back,

فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُو ثُبُورًا

He surely will invoke destruction

وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا

And be thrown to scorching fire.

إِنَّهُ كَانَ فِي أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا

He verily lived joyous with his folk,

إِنَّهُ ظَنَّ أَنْ لَنْ يَحُورَ

He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).

بَلَىٰ إِنَّ رَبَّهُ كَانَ بِهِ بَصِيرًا

Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالشَّفَقِ

Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,

وَاللَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ

And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,

وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا اتَّسَقَ

And by the moon when she is at the full,

لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَنْ طَبَقٍ

That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.

فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

What aileth them, then, that they believe not

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقُرْآنُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩

And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah)?

بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يُكَذِّبُونَ

Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;

وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ

And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.

فَبَشِّرْهُمْ بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

So give them tidings of a painful doom,

إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ

Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.