Chapter 84, 25 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انشقت
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder,
When the sky has split [open]
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
وإذا الأرض مدت
And when the earth is stretched forth,
And when the earth has been extended
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
And has cast out all that was in it and became empty.
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -
يا أيها الإنسان إنك كادح إلى ربك كدحا فملاقيه
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).
O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه
Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand,
Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
He surely will receive an easy reckoning,
He will be judged with an easy account
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
And will return to his family in joy!
And return to his people in happiness.
وأما من أوتي كتابه وراء ظهره
But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
He will invoke (for his) destruction,
He will cry out for destruction
ويصلى سعيرا
And he shall enter a blazing Fire, and be made to taste its burning.
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
Verily, he was among his people in joy!
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to Us)!
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.
فلا أقسم بالشفق
So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;
So I swear by the twilight glow
والليل وما وسق
And by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness,
And [by] the night and what it envelops
والقمر إذا اتسق
And by the moon when it is at the full.
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
You shall certainly travel from stage to stage (in this life and in the Hereafter).
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
فما لهم لا يؤمنون
What is the matter with them, that they believe not?
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,
وإذا قرئ عليهم القرآن لا يسجدون ۩
And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they fall not prostrate.
And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
Nay, those who disbelieve belie (Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and whatever he brought, i.e. this Qur'an and Islamic Monotheism, etc.).
But those who have disbelieved deny,
والله أعلم بما يوعون
And Allah knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds),
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
So announce to them a painful torment.
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
إلا الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات لهم أجر غير ممنون
Save those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them is a reward that will never come to an end (i.e. Paradise).
Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.