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[1] WHEN THE SKY is cleft asunder,
[2] and when the stars are scattered,
[3] and when the seas burst beyond their bounds,
[4] and when the graves are overturned –
[5] every human being will [at last] comprehend, what he has sent ahead and what he has held back [in this world].
[6] O MAN! What is it that lures thee away from thy bountiful Sustainer,
[7] who has created thee, and formed thee in accordance with what thou art meant' to be, and shaped thy nature in just proportions,
[8] having put thee together in whatever form He willed [thee to have]?
[9] Nay, [O men,] but you [are lured away from God whenever you are tempted to] give the lie to [God’s] Judgment!
[10] And yet, verily, there are ever-watchful forces over you,
[11] noble, recording,
[12] aware of whatever you do!
[13] Behold, [in the life to come] the truly virtuous: will indeed be in bliss,
[14] whereas, behold, the wicked will indeed be in a blazing fire –
[15] [a fire] which they shall enter on Judgment Day,
[16] and which they shall not [be able to] evade.
[17] And what could make thee conceive what that Judgment Day will be?
[18] And once again: What could make thee conceive what that Judgment Day will be?
[19] [It will be] a Day when no human being shall be of the least avail to another human being: for on that Day [it will become manifest that] all sovereignty is God's alone.