وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ
(84:18) and by the moon, when it reaches its fullness:
لَتَرۡكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٖ
(84:19) you shall proceed onwards from stage to stage.1
فَمَا لَهُمۡ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ
(84:20) So, what is the matter with them that they do not believe,
وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ لَا يَسۡجُدُونَۤ۩
(84:21) and when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate2
themselves?
themselves?
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ يُكَذِّبُونَ
(84:22) Instead, the unbelievers reject it, calling it a lie.
وَٱللَّهُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ
(84:23) Allah knows best what they are accumulating (in their Record).3
فَبَشِّرۡهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
(84:24) So give them the good news of a painful chastisement,
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمۡ أَجۡرٌ غَيۡرُ مَمۡنُونِۭ
(84:25) except for those who believe and do good deeds. Theirs shall be an
unending reward.
unending reward.