Surah “The Cleaving, The Cleaving Asunder, Bursting Apart”

as rendered by Bijan Moeinian — 19 verses

The day that the sky splits open
And the stars disappear from the sight
And the oceans explode and throw their water over the earth
And when the graves open up
Then every soul will find out what provision it has sent for life Hereafter and what opportunities for the salvation it has left behind
O’ mankind, what has made you careless in obeying you Lord, the Most Gracious One
The Lord Who created you, then designed your different kind of bodies, then completed you the way you are
In any shape and size that He has wished you to be
What a shame that you reject His prescribed way of conduct
But in spite of your ungratefulness, He has put guardians around you
These honorable beings record all your deeds
They know what you do
Once they give the man’s report card, the righteous ones will be pleased as they enter to the gardens of Heaven
and the wicked ones will be condemned to Hellfire
where they will be thrown in the Day of Judgment
And they can not escape from it
No word can explain how awesome the Day of Judgment is
Indeed it will be the most awesome
On that day no soul can help another one and God will be the only one who will decide with absolute authority