Chapter 84, 25 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انشقت
When the heaven bursts asunder,
When the sky has split [open]
When the sky is rent asunder,
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And obeys its Lord and it must.
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, and it must needs (do so); -
وإذا الأرض مدت
And when the earth is stretched,
And when the earth has been extended
And when the earth is flattened out,
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) empty,
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And obeys its Lord and it must.
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, - and it must needs (do so); - (then will come Home the full reality).
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.
O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.
O thou man! Verily thou art ever toiling on towards thy Lord - painfully toiling, - but thou shalt meet Him.
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه
Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand,
Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,
Then he who is given his Record in his right hand,
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,
He will be judged with an easy account
Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
And he shall go back to his people joyful.
And return to his people in happiness.
And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!
وأما من أوتي كتابه وراء ظهره
And as to him who is given his book behind his back,
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
But he who is given his Record behind his back, -
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
He shall call for perdition,
He will cry out for destruction
Soon will he cry for perdition,
ويصلى سعيرا
And enter into burning fire.
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
And he will enter a Blazing Fire.
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing!
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
Surely he thought that he would never return.
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)!
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.
Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of him!
فلا أقسم بالشفق
But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,
So I swear by the twilight glow
So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset;
والليل وما وسق
And the night and that which it drives on,
And [by] the night and what it envelops
The Night and its Homing;
والقمر إذا اتسق
And the moon when it grows full,
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
And the Moon in her fullness:
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.
فما لهم لا يؤمنون
But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,
What then is the matter with them, 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 to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?
And when the Qur'an is read to them, they fall not prostrate,
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.
But those who have disbelieved deny,
But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).
والله أعلم بما يوعون
And Allah knows best what they hide,
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
But Allah has full knowledge of what they secrete (in their breasts)
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
So announce to them a painful punishment~
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,
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.
Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.
Except to those who believe and work righteous deeds: For them is a Reward that will never fail.