بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انشقت
When the sky has split [open]
Itha alssamao inshaqqat
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder,
Chapter 84, 25 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انشقت
When the sky has split [open]
Itha alssamao inshaqqat
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder,
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
وإذا الأرض مدت
And when the earth has been extended
Waitha alardu muddat
And when the earth is stretched forth,
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat
And has cast out all that was in it and became empty.
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
يا أيها الإنسان إنك كادح إلى ربك كدحا فملاقيه
O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.
Ya ayyuha alinsanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi
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 as for he who is given his record in his right hand,
Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi
Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand,
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
He will be judged with an easy account
Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran
He surely will receive an easy reckoning,
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
And return to his people in happiness.
Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran
And will return to his family in joy!
وأما من أوتي كتابه وراء ظهره
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi
But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
He will cry out for destruction
Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran
He will invoke (for his) destruction,
ويصلى سعيرا
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
Wayasla saAAeeran
And he shall enter a blazing Fire, and be made to taste its burning.
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran
Verily, he was among his people in joy!
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
Innahu thanna an lan yahoora
Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to Us)!
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.
Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran
Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!
فلا أقسم بالشفق
So I swear by the twilight glow
Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi
So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;
والليل وما وسق
And [by] the night and what it envelops
Waallayli wama wasaqa
And by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness,
والقمر إذا اتسق
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
Waalqamari itha ittasaqa
And by the moon when it is at the full.
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin
You shall certainly travel from stage to stage (in this life and in the Hereafter).
فما لهم لا يؤمنون
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,
Fama lahum la yuminoona
What 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 do not prostrate [to Allah]?
Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona
And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they fall not prostrate.
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
But those who have disbelieved deny,
Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona
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 is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona
And Allah knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds),
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin
So announce to them a painful torment.
إلا الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات لهم أجر غير ممنون
Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.
Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin
Save those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them is a reward that will never come to an end (i.e. Paradise).