Chapter 84, 25 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انشقت
When the sky has split [open]
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]
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
وإذا الأرض مدت
And when the earth has been extended
And when the earth is stretched forth,
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
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] -
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.
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,
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
He surely will receive an easy reckoning,
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
And return to his people in happiness.
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,
But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
He will cry out for destruction
He will invoke (for his) destruction,
ويصلى سعيرا
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
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;
Verily, he was among his people in joy!
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
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.
Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!
فلا أقسم بالشفق
So I swear by the twilight glow
So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;
والليل وما وسق
And [by] the night and what it envelops
And by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness,
والقمر إذا اتسق
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
And by the moon when it is at the full.
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
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,
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]?
And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they fall not prostrate.
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
But those who have disbelieved deny,
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.
And Allah knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds),
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
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.
Save those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them is a reward that will never come to an end (i.e. Paradise).