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 is rent asunder,
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must 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 forth,
And when the earth is flattened out,
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
And has cast out all that was in it and became empty.
And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) empty,
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must 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! 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 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 for him who will be given his Record in his right hand,
Then he who is given his Record in his right hand,
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
He surely will receive an easy reckoning,
Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
And will return to his family in joy!
And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!
وأما من أوتي كتابه وراء ظهره
But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,
But he who is given his Record behind his back, -
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
He will invoke (for his) destruction,
Soon will he cry for perdition,
ويصلى سعيرا
And he shall enter a blazing Fire, and be made to taste its burning.
And he will enter a Blazing Fire.
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
Verily, he was among his people in joy!
Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing!
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to Us)!
Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)!
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!
Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of him!
فلا أقسم بالشفق
So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;
So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset;
والليل وما وسق
And by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness,
The Night and its Homing;
والقمر إذا اتسق
And by the moon when it is at the full.
And the Moon in her fullness:
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
You shall certainly travel from stage to stage (in this life and in the Hereafter).
Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.
فما لهم لا يؤمنون
What is the matter with them, that they believe not?
What then is the matter with them, that they believe not? -
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 read to them, they fall not prostrate,
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 on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).
والله أعلم بما يوعون
And Allah knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds),
But Allah has full knowledge of what they secrete (in their breasts)
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
So announce to them a painful torment.
So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,
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 to those who believe and work righteous deeds: For them is a Reward that will never fail.