Chapter 84, 25 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انشقت
When the sky is rent asunder,
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder
When the sky has split [open]
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, and it must needs (do so); -
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
وإذا الأرض مدت
And when the earth is flattened out,
And when the earth is spread out
And when the earth has been extended
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) empty,
And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, - and it must needs (do so); - (then will come Home the full reality).
And attentive to her Lord in fear!
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -
يا أيها الإنسان إنك كادح إلى ربك كدحا فملاقيه
O thou man! Verily thou art ever toiling on towards thy Lord - painfully toiling, - but thou shalt meet Him.
Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence).
O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه
Then he who is given his Record in his right hand,
Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
He will be judged with an easy account
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!
And will return unto his folk in joy.
And return to his people in happiness.
وأما من أوتي كتابه وراء ظهره
But he who is given his Record behind his back, -
But whoso is given his account behind his back,
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
Soon will he cry for perdition,
He surely will invoke destruction
He will cry out for destruction
ويصلى سعيرا
And he will enter a Blazing Fire.
And be thrown to scorching fire.
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing!
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)!
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of him!
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.
فلا أقسم بالشفق
So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset;
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
So I swear by the twilight glow
والليل وما وسق
The Night and its Homing;
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
And [by] the night and what it envelops
والقمر إذا اتسق
And the Moon in her fullness:
And by the moon when she is at the full,
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
فما لهم لا يؤمنون
What then is the matter with them, that they believe not? -
What aileth them, then, 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 read to them, they fall not prostrate,
And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah) ?
And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
But those who have disbelieved deny,
والله أعلم بما يوعون
But Allah has full knowledge of what they secrete (in their breasts)
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,
So give them tidings of a painful doom,
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
إلا الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات لهم أجر غير ممنون
Except to those who believe and work righteous deeds: For them is a Reward that will never fail.
Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.
Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.