When the sky has split [open]

Itha assamao inshaqqat

And has listened [i.e., responded] to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]

Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

And when the earth has been extended

Wa-itha al-ardu muddat

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

Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat

And has listened [i.e., responded] to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -

Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

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

Ya ayyuha al-insanuinnaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhanfamulaqeeh

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

Faama man ootiya kitabahubiyameenih

He will be judged with an easy account

Fasawfa yuhasabu hisabanyaseera

And return to his people in happiness.

Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masroora

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

Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraathahrih

He will cry out for destruction

Fasawfa yadAAoo thuboora

And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

Wayasla saAAeera

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

Innahu kana fee ahlihi masroora

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

Innahu thanna an lan yahoor

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

Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseera

So I swear by the twilight glow

Fala oqsimu bishshafaq

And [by] the night and what it envelops

Wallayli wama wasaq

And [by] the moon when it becomes full

Walqamari itha ittasaq

[That] you will surely embark upon [i.e., experience] state after state.

Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaq

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

Fama lahum la yu/minoon

And when the Qur’ān is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allāh]?

Wa-itha quri-a AAalayhimu alqur-anula yasjudoon

But those who have disbelieved deny,

Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboon

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

Wallahu aAAlamu bimayooAAoon

So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleem

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

Illa allatheena amanoowaAAamiloo assalihati lahum ajrun ghayrumamnoon