Chapter 84, 25 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder
When the heaven bursts asunder,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انشقت
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
And obeys its Lord and it must.
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And when the earth is spread out
And when the earth is stretched,
وإذا الأرض مدت
And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
And attentive to her Lord in fear!
And obeys its Lord and it must.
وأذنت لربها وحقت
Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence).
O man! surely you must strive (to attain) to your Lord, a hard striving until you meet Him.
يا أيها الإنسان إنك كادح إلى ربك كدحا فملاقيه
Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand,
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
And will return unto his folk in joy.
And he shall go back to his people joyful.
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
But whoso is given his account behind his back,
And as to him who is given his book behind his back,
وأما من أوتي كتابه وراء ظهره
He surely will invoke destruction
He shall call for perdition,
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
And be thrown to scorching fire.
And enter into burning fire.
ويصلى سعيرا
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
Surely he thought that he would never return.
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,
فلا أقسم بالشفق
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
And the night and that which it drives on,
والليل وما وسق
And by the moon when she is at the full,
And the moon when it grows full,
والقمر إذا اتسق
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,
فما لهم لا يؤمنون
And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah) ?
And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance?
وإذا قرئ عليهم القرآن لا يسجدون ۩
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
And Allah knows best what they hide,
والله أعلم بما يوعون
So give them tidings of a painful doom,
So announce to them a painful punishment~
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.
Except those who believe and do good; for them is a reward that shall never be cut off.
إلا الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات لهم أجر غير ممنون