The Sundering

إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتۡ

When the sky has split [open]

وَأَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡ

And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]

وَإِذَا ٱلۡأَرۡضُ مُدَّتۡ

And when the earth has been extended

وَأَلۡقَتۡ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتۡ

And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]

وَأَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡ

And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدۡحٗا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ

O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it

فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ

Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand

فَسَوۡفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابٗا يَسِيرٗا

He will be judged with an easy account

وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورٗا

And return to his people in happiness

وَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهۡرِهِۦ

But as for he who is given his record behind his back

فَسَوۡفَ يَدۡعُواْ ثُبُورٗا

He will cry out for destruction

وَيَصۡلَىٰ سَعِيرًا

And [enter to] burn in a Blaze

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِيٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورًا

Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness

إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ

Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah]

بَلَىٰٓۚ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرٗا

But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing

فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ

So I swear by the twilight glow

وَٱلَّيۡلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ

And [by] the night and what it envelops

وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ

And [by] the moon when it becomes full

لَتَرۡكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٖ

[That] you will surely experience state after state

فَمَا لَهُمۡ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ

So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ لَا يَسۡجُدُونَۤ۩

And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ يُكَذِّبُونَ

But those who have disbelieved deny

وَٱللَّهُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ

And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves

فَبَشِّرۡهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

So give them tidings of a painful punishment

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمۡ أَجۡرٌ غَيۡرُ مَمۡنُونِۭ

Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted