The Sundering

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

[84:1]

When the heaven is split asunder

[84:2]

And attentive to her Lord in fear,

[84:3]

And when the earth is spread out

[84:4]

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

[84:5]

And attentive to her Lord in fear!

[84:6]

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

[84:7]

Then whoso is given his account in his right hand

[84:8]

He truly will receive an easy reckoning

[84:9]

And will return unto his folk in joy.

[84:10]

But whoso is given his account behind his back,

[84:11]

He surely will invoke destruction

[84:12]

And be thrown to scorching fire.

[84:13]

He verily lived joyous with his folk,

[84:14]

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

[84:15]

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

[84:16]

Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,

[84:17]

And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,

[84:18]

And by the moon when she is at the full,

[84:19]

That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.

[84:20]

What aileth them, then, that they believe not

[84:21]

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

[84:22]

Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;

[84:23]

And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.

[84:24]

So give them tidings of a painful doom,

[84:25]

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