بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انشقت
When the sky has split [open]
Itha alssamao inshaqqat
When the sky is rent asunder,
Chapter 84, 25 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انشقت
When the sky has split [open]
Itha alssamao inshaqqat
When the sky is rent asunder,
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, and it must needs (do so); -
وإذا الأرض مدت
And when the earth has been extended
Waitha alardu muddat
And when the earth is flattened out,
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat
And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) empty,
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
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 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 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 he who is given his record in his right hand,
Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi
Then he who is given his Record in his right hand,
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
He will be judged with an easy account
Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran
Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
And return to his people in happiness.
Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran
And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!
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 he who is given his Record behind his back, -
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
He will cry out for destruction
Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran
Soon will he cry for perdition,
ويصلى سعيرا
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
Wayasla saAAeeran
And he will enter a Blazing Fire.
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran
Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing!
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
Innahu thanna an lan yahoora
Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)!
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.
Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran
Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of him!
فلا أقسم بالشفق
So I swear by the twilight glow
Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi
So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset;
والليل وما وسق
And [by] the night and what it envelops
Waallayli wama wasaqa
The Night and its Homing;
والقمر إذا اتسق
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
Waalqamari itha ittasaqa
And the Moon in her fullness:
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin
Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.
فما لهم لا يؤمنون
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,
Fama lahum la yuminoona
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 do not prostrate [to Allah]?
Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona
And when the Qur'an is read to them, they fall not prostrate,
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
But those who have disbelieved deny,
Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona
But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).
والله أعلم بما يوعون
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona
But Allah has full knowledge of what they secrete (in their breasts)
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin
So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,
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
Except to those who believe and work righteous deeds: For them is a Reward that will never fail.