When the sky breaks into pieces
And has lent ear to its Lord and that is befitting of it.
And when the earth is stretched out.
To the point that it casts out all that is within it and becomes empty.
And has lent ear to its Lord and that is befitting of it.
O you the human being! Truly you are striving towards your Lord with the utmost striving and you are going to meet him.
So whoever is given his book in his right hand,
then he will be reckoned with an easy reckoning,
and he will return to his people rejoicing.
But whosoever is given his book behind his back,
he then is going to call out for annihilation,
And he will burn in a blazing fire.
Truly he used to be rejoicing among his people.
Indeed he thought that he will never return [to Us].
Yes indeed! Truly his Lord was all-seeing about him.
So I do swear by the red glow of the sunset,
and by the night and by all that it enfolds,
and by the moon when it attains its fullness,
You surely are indeed going to rise from stage to stage.
So what is the matter with them that they do not believe?
And when the Quran is read unto them, they do not fall in prostration?
Nay those who disbelieve continue to belie.
But Allah is All-knowing about all that they contain [in their hearts].
So give them glad tidings of a painful punishment.
Except those who believed and did righteous deeds, for them there is a reward that will never cut off.