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