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
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder,
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
وإذا الأرض مدت
And when the earth is spread out
And when the earth is stretched forth,
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
And has cast out all that was in it and became empty.
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And attentive to her Lord in fear!
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
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! Verily, you are returning towards your Lord with your deeds and actions (good or bad), a sure returning, and you will meet (the results of your deeds which you did).
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه
Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand,
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
He surely will receive an easy reckoning,
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
And will return unto his folk in joy.
And will return to his family in joy!
وأما من أوتي كتابه وراء ظهره
But whoso is given his account behind his back,
But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
He surely will invoke destruction
He will invoke (for his) destruction,
ويصلى سعيرا
And be thrown to scorching fire.
And he shall enter a blazing Fire, and be made to taste its burning.
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
Verily, he was among his people in joy!
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to Us)!
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!
فلا أقسم بالشفق
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;
والليل وما وسق
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
And by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness,
والقمر إذا اتسق
And by the moon when she is at the full,
And by the moon when it is at the full.
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
You shall certainly travel from stage to stage (in this life and in the Hereafter).
فما لهم لا يؤمنون
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
What is the matter with them, that they believe not?
وإذا قرئ عليهم القرآن لا يسجدون ۩
And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah) ?
And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they fall not prostrate.
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
Nay, those who disbelieve belie (Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and whatever he brought, i.e. this Qur'an and Islamic Monotheism, etc.).
والله أعلم بما يوعون
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
And Allah knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds),
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
So give them tidings of a painful doom,
So announce to them a painful torment.
إلا الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات لهم أجر غير ممنون
Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.
Save those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them is a reward that will never come to an end (i.e. Paradise).