The Holy Qur'an - Mhsakir - Sure 084

   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.