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

as rendered by John Medows Rodwell — 19 verses

WHEN the Heaven shall CLEAVE asunder
And when the stars shall disperse
And when the seas shall be commingled
And when the graves shall be turned upside down
Each soul shall recognise its earliest and its latest actions
O man! what hath misled thee against thy generous Lord
Who hath created thee and moulded thee and shaped thee aright
In the form which pleased Him hath He fashioned thee
Even so; but ye treat the Judgment as a lie
Yet truly there are guardians over you
Illustrious recorders
Cognisant of your actions
Surely amid delights shall the righteous dwell
But verily the impure in Hell-fire
They shall be burned at it on the day of doom
And they shall not be able to hide themselves from it
Who shall teach thee what the day of doom is
Once more. Who shall teach thee what the day of doom is
It is a day when one soul shall be powerless for another soul: all sovereignty on that day shall be with God