When the sky is ripped apart,

obeying its Lord as it rightly must,

when the earth is levelled out,

casts out its contents, and becomes empty,

obeying its Lord as it rightly must,

you humans, toiling laboriously towards your Lord, will meet Him:

whoever is given his record in his right hand

will have an easy reckoning

and return to his people well pleased,

but whoever is given his record from behind his back

will cry out for destruction––

he will burn in the blazing Fire.

He used to live among his people well pleased.

He thought he would never return [to his Lord]––

indeed he will! His Lord was watching him.

I swear by the glow of sunset,

by the night and what it covers,

by the full moon,

you will progress from stage to stage.

إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ

وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحࣰا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ

فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابࣰا يَسِيرࣰا

وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورࣰا

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ

فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورࣰا

وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِيٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا

إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ

بَلَىٰٓۚ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرࣰا

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ

وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ

لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقࣲ

So why do they not believe?

No! The disbelievers reject the Quran––

God knows best what they keep hidden inside––

so give them news of a painful torment.

But those who believe and do good deeds will have a never-ending reward.

فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ

وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ

فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونِۭ