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1When the sky is ripped apart

2obeying its Lord as it rightly must

3when the earth is levelled out

4casts out its contents, and becomes empty

5obeying its Lord as it rightly must

6you humans, toiling laboriously towards your Lord, will meet Him

7whoever is given his record in his right hand

8will have an easy reckoning

9and return to his people well pleased

10but whoever is given his record from behind his back

11will cry out for destruction––

12he will burn in the blazing Fire

13He used to live among his people well pleased

14He thought he would never return [to his Lord]––

15indeed he will! His Lord was watching him

16I swear by the glow of sunset

17by the night and what it covers

18by the full moon

19you will progress from stage to stage

20So why do they not believe

21Why, when the Quran is read to them, do they not prostrate themselves [to God]

22No! The disbelievers reject the Quran––

23God knows best what they keep hidden inside––

24so give them news of a painful torment

25But those who believe and do good deeds will have a never-ending reward