The Splitting Open · Surah 84

When the heaven is split asunder

And attentive to her Lord in fear

And when the earth is spread out

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

And attentive to her Lord in fear

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

Then whoso is given his account in his right hand

He truly will receive an easy reckoning

And will return unto his folk in joy

But whoso is given his account behind his back

He surely will invoke destruction

And be thrown to scorching fire

He verily lived joyous with his folk

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

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

Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset

And by the night and all that it enshroudeth

And by the moon when she is at the full

That ye shall journey on from plane to plane

What aileth them, then, that they believe not

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

Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny

And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding

So give them tidings of a painful doom

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