¹ When the heaven is split asunder

² And attentive to her Lord in fear,

³ And when the earth is spread out

⁴ And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty

⁵ And attentive to her Lord in fear!

⁶ Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence).

⁷ Then whoso is given his account in his right hand

⁸ He truly will receive an easy reckoning

⁹ And will return unto his folk in joy.

¹⁰ But whoso is given his account behind his back,

¹¹ He surely will invoke destruction

¹² And be thrown to scorching fire.

¹³ He verily lived joyous with his folk,

¹⁴ He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).

¹⁵ Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!

¹⁶ Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,

¹⁷ And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,

¹⁸ And by the moon when she is at the full,

¹⁹ That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.

²⁰ What aileth them, then, that they believe not

²¹ And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah)?

²² Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;

²³ And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.

²⁴ So give them tidings of a painful doom,

²⁵ Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.