بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ

When the heaven is sundered.

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

And it hearkeneth to its Lord, and is duteous,

وَإِذَا الْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ

And when the earth shall be stretched forth.

وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ

And shall cast forth that which is therein, and shall become empty.

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

And it hearkeneth to its Lord, and is duteous.

يَا أَيُّهَا الْإِنْسَانُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَاقِيهِ

O man! verily thou art toiling toward thy Lord a painful toiling, and art about to meet Him.

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ

Then as to him who shall be given his book in his right hand -

فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا

His account shall presently be taken by an easy reckoning.

وَيَنْقَلِبُ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا

And he shall return Unto his people joyfully.

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ وَرَاءَ ظَهْرِهِ

And as to him who shall be given his book from behind his back-

فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُو ثُبُورًا

He shall presently call for death,

وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا

And he shall roast into a Blaze.

إِنَّهُ كَانَ فِي أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا

Verily he was among his people joyous.

إِنَّهُ ظَنَّ أَنْ لَنْ يَحُورَ

Verily he imagined that he would not be back.

بَلَىٰ إِنَّ رَبَّهُ كَانَ بِهِ بَصِيرًا

Yea! his Lord had ever been beholding him.

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالشَّفَقِ

I swear by the afterglow of sunset,

وَاللَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ

And by the night and that which it driveth together,

وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا اتَّسَقَ

And by the moon when she becometh full.

لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَنْ طَبَقٍ

Surely ye shall ride layer upon layer.

فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

What aileth them then, that they believe not,

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقُرْآنُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩

And that, when the Qur'an is read Unto them, they prostrate not them-selves!

بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يُكَذِّبُونَ

Yea those who disbelieve belie.

وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ

Whereas Allah knoweth best that which they cherish.

فَبَشِّرْهُمْ بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

Wherefore announce thou Unto them a torment afflictive.

إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ

But those who believe and work righteous works, theirs shall be a hire unending.