Surah “The Sundering, Splitting Open”

as rendered by N J Dawood (2014) — 25 verses

WHEN THE sky is rent apart
obeying her Lord in true submission
when the earth expand
and casts out all that is within her and becomes empty
obeying her Lord in true submission; then
O man, who labour constantly to meet your Lord, shall you meet Him
He that is given his book in his right han
shall have a lenient reckoning
and shall go back rejoicing to his people
But he that is given his book behind his back
shall call down destruction on himself
and burn in the Conflagration
for he lived rejoicing among his people
and thought he would never turn back
Yes; but his Lord was ever watching him
I swear by the glow of sunset
by the night, and all that it envelops
by the moon, in her full perfection
that you shall march onwards from stage to stage
Why then do they not believe
or kneel down in prayer when the Koran is read to them
The unbelievers indeed are in denial
but God knows best the falsehoods they believe in
Therefore proclaim to them a woeful scourge
save those who believe and do good works; for theirs is an unfailing recompense