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

as rendered by Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali — 19 verses

When the heaven will be rent asunder
And when the planets will be strewn
And when the seas will be made to gush forth
And when the tombs will be scattered away
A self will know whatever it has forwarded and deferred
O you man! What has deluded you concerning your Ever-Honorable Lord
Who created you, then molded you, then proportioned you
In whichever fashion He (so) decides, He compounds you
Not at all! No indeed, (but) you cry lies to the Doom
And surely there are indeed over you Preservers
Honorable Writers
(Who) know whatever you perform
Surely the constantly benign will indeed be in Bliss
And surely the constantly impious will indeed be in Hell-Fire
Roasting therein on the Day of Doom
And in no way will they be absent from it
And what makes you realize what the Day of Doom is
Again, (Literally: Thereafter) what makes you realize what the Day of Doom is
A Day when no self will possess anything (to help) another self; and the Command upon that Day belongs to Allah