Chapter 84, 25 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انشقت
When the sky is rent asunder,
When the sky has split [open]
When the heaven bursts 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 obeys its Lord and it must.
وإذا الأرض مدت
And when the earth is flattened out,
And when the earth has been extended
And when the earth is stretched,
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 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 has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -
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 mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.
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 for 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 will be judged with an easy account
He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!
And return to his people in happiness.
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, -
But as for 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 will cry out for destruction
He shall call for perdition,
ويصلى سعيرا
And he will enter a Blazing Fire.
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
And enter into burning 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;
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)!
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
Surely he thought that he would never return.
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.
Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.
فلا أقسم بالشفق
So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset;
So I swear by the twilight glow
But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,
والليل وما وسق
The Night and its Homing;
And [by] the night and what it envelops
And the night and that which it drives on,
والقمر إذا اتسق
And the Moon in her fullness:
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
And the moon when it grows full,
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
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? -
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,
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 Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?
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).
But those who have disbelieved deny,
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 is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
And Allah knows best what they hide,
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
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 for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.
Except those who believe and do good; for them is a reward that shall never be cut off.