When the sky splits asunder
And responds to its Lord, and it is bound [to respond.
And when the earth is levelled
And it throws out its contents, and becomes void
And responds to its Lord, and it is bound [to respond.
O human! You do indeed have to put in hard labour to go to your Lord, and then you meet Him
And as for him whose book of deeds is placed in his right hand
He will then face his accounting with ease
And he will turn to his own people in joy
And as for him whose book of deeds is given to him behind his back
He will pray for [his own death and] destruction
And he will burn in blazing Fire
He had indeed been living happily engrossed [on earth] among people of his own kind
He had indeed thought he would never return [to life]
Yes indeed! His Lord had kept a watch over him
But no! [He shall not continue to remain dead.] I swear by the afterglow of sunset
And by the night, and what it veils in its darkness
And by the moon, at its full
You [humans] do move from stage to stage
Then how come they believe not [in a life to come
And when the Qur'aan is read out to them, they prostrate not!
On the contrary, they who suppress the truth dny it [this divine writ]
And Allah knows what they keep to themselves
So give them the prospect of grievous suffering [in the life to come]
But not to those who believe and do good deeds. For them is there a reward unending