Chapter 84, 25 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انشقت
Itha alssamao inshaqqat
When the heaven bursts asunder,
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
وأذنت لربها وحقت
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
And obeys its Lord and it must.
And when the earth is spread out
وإذا الأرض مدت
Waitha alardu muddat
And when the earth is stretched,
And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat
And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,
And attentive to her Lord in fear!
وأذنت لربها وحقت
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
And obeys its Lord and it must.
Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence).
يا أيها الإنسان إنك كادح إلى ربك كدحا فملاقيه
Ya ayyuha alinsanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi
O man! surely you must strive (to attain) to your Lord, a hard striving until you meet Him.
Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه
Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi
Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand,
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran
He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,
And will return unto his folk in joy.
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran
And he shall go back to his people joyful.
But whoso is given his account behind his back,
وأما من أوتي كتابه وراء ظهره
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi
And as to him who is given his book behind his back,
He surely will invoke destruction
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran
He shall call for perdition,
And be thrown to scorching fire.
ويصلى سعيرا
Wayasla saAAeeran
And enter into burning fire.
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran
Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
Innahu thanna an lan yahoora
Surely he thought that he would never return.
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran
Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
فلا أقسم بالشفق
Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi
But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
والليل وما وسق
Waallayli wama wasaqa
And the night and that which it drives on,
And by the moon when she is at the full,
والقمر إذا اتسق
Waalqamari itha ittasaqa
And the moon when it grows full,
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin
That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
فما لهم لا يؤمنون
Fama lahum la yuminoona
But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,
And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah) ?
وإذا قرئ عليهم القرآن لا يسجدون ۩
Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona
And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance?
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona
Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
والله أعلم بما يوعون
WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona
And Allah knows best what they hide,
So give them tidings of a painful doom,
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin
So announce to them a painful punishment~
Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.
إلا الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات لهم أجر غير ممنون
Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin
Except those who believe and do good; for them is a reward that shall never be cut off.