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
When the sky has split [open]
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
And when the earth is spread out
وإذا الأرض مدت
And when the earth has been extended
And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
And attentive to her Lord in fear!
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -
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
O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.
Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه
Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
He will be judged with an easy account
And will return unto his folk in joy.
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
And return to his people in happiness.
But whoso is given his account behind his back,
وأما من أوتي كتابه وراء ظهره
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
He surely will invoke destruction
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
He will cry out for destruction
And be thrown to scorching fire.
ويصلى سعيرا
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
فلا أقسم بالشفق
So I swear by the twilight glow
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
والليل وما وسق
And [by] the night and what it envelops
And by the moon when she is at the full,
والقمر إذا اتسق
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
فما لهم لا يؤمنون
So 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 ۩
And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
But those who have disbelieved deny,
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
والله أعلم بما يوعون
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
So give them tidings of a painful doom,
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
So give them tidings of 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
Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.