When the heaven is split asunder,
Obeying its Lord, as in truth it is expected to do so and always does;
And when the earth is flattened out,
And casts forth whatever is in it and becomes empty,
Obeying its Lord, as in truth it is expected to do so and always does;
O human! You are ever toiling toward your Lord in a labor to be re-encountered (before His judgment).
Then, as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand,
Surely he will be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,
And will return in joy to his household (prepared for him in Paradise).
But as for him who will be given his Record (in his left hand) from behind his back,
He will surely pray for destruction,
And enter the Flame to roast.
For indeed he used to be in joyous conceit among his household (in his earthly life).
He thought that he would never return (to God for judgment).
No indeed! Rather, his Lord was ever seeing him.
So I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
And the night, and all that it enshrouds (by degrees),
And the moon, as it grows full,
You will most certainly move on from one state to another (congruous with it).
What, then, is the matter with them that they do not believe,
And when the Qur’an is recited to them, they do not prostrate in submission (to its Message)?
Rather: those who disbelieve deny (it and its Message).
And God has full knowledge of what they harbor (in their hearts).
So give them the glad tidings of a painful punishment.
Except for those who believe and do good, righteous deeds: for them there is a reward constant and beyond measure.