English - Chapter 84 - Al-Inshiqaq

WHEN THE SKY is cleft asunder

And hearkens to its Lord and is dutiful

When the earth is stretched out taut

And throws out whatever it contains and is empty

And hearkens to its Lord and is dutiful

O man, you have to strive and go on striving towards your Lord, then will you meet Him

And he who is given his ledger in his right hand

Will have an easy reckoning

And will return to his people full of joy

But he who is given his ledger from behind his back

Will pray for death

But will be roasted in the fire

He lived rejoicing among his people

Never thinking he will return

Why not? His Lord was always watching him

So indeed I call to witness the evening twilight

And the night and all it gathers

And the moon when at the full

That you will climb from stage to stage

So, wherefore do they not believe

And when the Qur'an is recited to them do not bow in adoration

In fact the unbelievers disavow

But God knows what they harbour in their breasts

So give them news of painful punishment

Except those who believe and do the right: For them there is reward unending