Chapter 84, 25 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انشقت
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder
When the heaven bursts asunder,
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
And obeys its Lord and it must.
وإذا الأرض مدت
And when the earth is spread out
And when the earth is stretched,
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And attentive to her Lord in fear!
And obeys its Lord and it must.
يا أيها الإنسان إنك كادح إلى ربك كدحا فملاقيه
Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence).
O man! surely you must strive (to attain) to your Lord, a hard striving until you meet Him.
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه
Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand,
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
And will return unto his folk in joy.
And he shall go back to his people joyful.
وأما من أوتي كتابه وراء ظهره
But whoso is given his account behind his back,
And as to him who is given his book behind his back,
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
He surely will invoke destruction
He shall call for perdition,
ويصلى سعيرا
And be thrown to scorching fire.
And enter into burning fire.
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
Surely he thought that he would never return.
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.
فلا أقسم بالشفق
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,
والليل وما وسق
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
And the night and that which it drives on,
والقمر إذا اتسق
And by the moon when she is at the full,
And the moon when it grows full,
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.
فما لهم لا يؤمنون
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,
وإذا قرئ عليهم القرآن لا يسجدون ۩
And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah) ?
And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance?
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.
والله أعلم بما يوعون
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
And Allah knows best what they hide,
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
So give them tidings of a painful doom,
So announce to them a painful punishment~
إلا الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات لهم أجر غير ممنون
Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.
Except those who believe and do good; for them is a reward that shall never be cut off.