| 1 | When the heaven is split asunder,
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| 2 | And listens and obeys its Lord, and it must do so;
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| 3 | And when the earth is stretched forth,
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| 4 | And has cast out all that was in it and became empty,
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| 5 | And listens and obeys its Lord, and it must do so;
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| 6 | O man! Verily, you are returning towards your Lord with your deeds and actions (good or bad), a sure returning, so you will meet (i.e. the results of your deeds which you did).
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| 7 | Then, as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand,
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| 8 | He surely will receive an easy reckoning,
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| 9 | And will return to his family in joy!
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| 10 | But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,
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| 11 | He will invoke (his) destruction,
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| 12 | And shall enter a blazing Fire, and made to taste its burning.
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| 13 | Verily, he was among his people in joy!
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| 14 | Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to Us)!
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| 15 | Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!
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| 16 | So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;
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| 17 | And by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness;
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| 18 | And by the moon when it is at the full,
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| 19 | You shall certainly travel from stage to stage (in this life and in the Hereafter).
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| 20 | What is the matter with them, that they believe not?
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| 21 | And when the Quran is recited to them, they fall not prostrate,
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| 22 | Nay, (on the contrary), those who disbelieve, belie (Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) and whatever he brought, i.e. this Quran and Islamic Monotheism, etc.).
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| 23 | And Allah knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds),
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| 24 | So announce to them a painful torment.
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| 25 | Save those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them is a reward that will never come to an end (i.e. Paradise).
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