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
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
وأذنت لربها وحقت
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
And when the earth is spread out
وإذا الأرض مدت
Waitha alardu muddat
And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat
And attentive to her Lord in fear!
وأذنت لربها وحقت
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
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
Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه
Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran
And will return unto his folk in joy.
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran
But whoso is given his account behind his back,
وأما من أوتي كتابه وراء ظهره
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi
He surely will invoke destruction
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran
And be thrown to scorching fire.
ويصلى سعيرا
Wayasla saAAeeran
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
Innahu thanna an lan yahoora
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
فلا أقسم بالشفق
Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
والليل وما وسق
Waallayli wama wasaqa
And by the moon when she is at the full,
والقمر إذا اتسق
Waalqamari itha ittasaqa
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
فما لهم لا يؤمنون
Fama lahum la yuminoona
And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah) ?
وإذا قرئ عليهم القرآن لا يسجدون ۩
Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
والله أعلم بما يوعون
WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona
So give them tidings of a painful doom,
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin
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