In the name of Allah,
the Beneficent,
the Merciful.
[84.1]
When the heaven bursts asunder,
[84.2]
And obeys its Lord and it must.
[84.3]
And when the earth is stretched,
[84.4]
And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,
[84.5]
And obeys its Lord and it must.
[84.6]
O man!
surely you must strive (to attain) to your Lord,
a hard striving until you meet Him.
[84.7]
Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand,
[84.8]
He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,
[84.9]
And he shall go back to his people joyful.
[84.10]
And as to him who is given his book behind his back,
[84.11]
He shall call for perdition,
[84.12]
And enter into burning fire.
[84.13]
Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.
[84.14]
Surely he thought that he would never return.
[84.15]
Yea!
surely his Lord does ever see him.
[84.16]
But nay!
I swear by the sunset redness,
[84.17]
And the night and that which it drives on,
[84.18]
And the moon when it grows full,
[84.19]
That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.
[84.20]
But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,
[84.21]
And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance?
[84.22]
Nay!
those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.
[84.23]
And Allah knows best what they hide,
[84.24]
So announce to them a painful punishment
[84.25]
Except those who believe and do good;
for them is a reward that shall never be cut off.