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