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 is rent asunder,
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, and it must needs (do so); -
And when the earth is spread out
وإذا الأرض مدت
And when the earth is flattened out,
And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) empty,
And attentive to her Lord in fear!
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, - and it must needs (do so); - (then will come Home the full reality).
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 thou man! Verily thou art ever toiling on towards thy Lord - painfully toiling, - but thou shalt meet Him.
Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه
Then he who is given his Record in his right hand,
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,
And will return unto his folk in joy.
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!
But whoso is given his account behind his back,
وأما من أوتي كتابه وراء ظهره
But he who is given his Record behind his back, -
He surely will invoke destruction
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
Soon will he cry for perdition,
And be thrown to scorching fire.
ويصلى سعيرا
And he will enter a Blazing Fire.
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing!
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)!
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of him!
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
فلا أقسم بالشفق
So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset;
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
والليل وما وسق
The Night and its Homing;
And by the moon when she is at the full,
والقمر إذا اتسق
And the Moon in her fullness:
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
فما لهم لا يؤمنون
What then is the matter with them, that they believe not? -
And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah) ?
وإذا قرئ عليهم القرآن لا يسجدون ۩
And when the Qur'an is read to them, they fall not prostrate,
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
والله أعلم بما يوعون
But Allah has full knowledge of what they secrete (in their breasts)
So give them tidings of a painful doom,
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,
Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.
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.