Chapter 84, 25 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انشقت
When the sky is rent asunder,
When the heaven bursts asunder,
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, and it must needs (do so); -
And obeys its Lord and it must.
وإذا الأرض مدت
And when the earth is flattened out,
And when the earth is stretched,
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) empty,
And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,
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 obeys its Lord and it must.
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.
O man! surely you must strive (to attain) to your Lord, a hard striving until you meet Him.
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه
Then he who is given his Record in his right hand,
Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand,
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,
He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!
And he shall go back to his people joyful.
وأما من أوتي كتابه وراء ظهره
But he who is given his Record behind his back, -
And as to him who is given his book behind his back,
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
Soon will he cry for perdition,
He shall call for perdition,
ويصلى سعيرا
And he will enter a Blazing Fire.
And enter into burning fire.
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing!
Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)!
Surely he thought that he would never return.
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of him!
Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.
فلا أقسم بالشفق
So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset;
But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,
والليل وما وسق
The Night and its Homing;
And the night and that which it drives on,
والقمر إذا اتسق
And the Moon in her fullness:
And the moon when it grows full,
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.
That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.
فما لهم لا يؤمنون
What then is the matter with them, that they believe not? -
But 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 Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance?
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).
Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.
والله أعلم بما يوعون
But Allah has full knowledge of what they secrete (in their breasts)
And Allah knows best what they hide,
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,
So announce to them 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.
Except those who believe and do good; for them is a reward that shall never be cut off.