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