When the sky has split [open]

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

And when the earth has been extended

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

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

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

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

He will be judged with an easy account

And return to his people in happiness.

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

He will cry out for destruction

And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

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

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

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

So I swear by the twilight glow

And [by] the night and what it envelops

And [by] the moon when it becomes full

[That] you will surely experience state after state.

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

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

But those who have disbelieved deny,

And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.

So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

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

By the sky containing great stars

And [by] the promised Day

And [by] the witness and what is witnessed,

Cursed were the companions of the trench

[Containing] the fire full of fuel,

When they were sitting near it

And they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses.

And they resented them not except because they believed in Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy,

To whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And Allah, over all things, is Witness.

Indeed, those who have tortured the believing men and believing women and then have not repented will have the punishment of Hell, and they will have the punishment of the Burning Fire.

Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds will have gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great attainment.

Indeed, the vengeance of your Lord is severe.

Indeed, it is He who originates [creation] and repeats.

And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate,

Honorable Owner of the Throne,

Effecter of what He intends.

Has there reached you the story of the soldiers -

[Those of] Pharaoh and Thamud?

But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial,

While Allah encompasses them from behind.

But this is an honored Qur'an

[Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.

By the sky and the night comer -

And what can make you know what is the night comer?

It is the piercing star -

There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.

So let man observe from what he was created.

He was created from a fluid, ejected,

Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.

Indeed, Allah, to return him [to life], is Able.

The Day when secrets will be put on trial,

Then man will have no power or any helper.

By the sky which returns [rain]

And [by] the earth which cracks open,

Indeed, the Qur'an is a decisive statement,

And it is not amusement.

Indeed, they are planning a plan,

But I am planning a plan.

So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.