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
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder,
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
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder,
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
And when the earth is spread out
Waitha alardu muddat
وإذا الأرض مدت
And when the earth is stretched forth,
And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
And has cast out all that was in it and became empty.
And attentive to her Lord in fear!
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
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! Verily, you are returning towards your Lord with your deeds and actions (good or bad), a sure returning, and you will meet (the results of your deeds which you did).
Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه
Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand,
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
He surely will receive an easy reckoning,
And will return unto his folk in joy.
Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
And will return to his family in joy!
But whoso is given his account behind his back,
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi
وأما من أوتي كتابه وراء ظهره
But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,
He surely will invoke destruction
Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
He will invoke (for his) destruction,
And be thrown to scorching fire.
Wayasla saAAeeran
ويصلى سعيرا
And he shall enter a blazing Fire, and be made to taste its burning.
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
Verily, he was among his people in joy!
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
Innahu thanna an lan yahoora
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to Us)!
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi
فلا أقسم بالشفق
So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
Waallayli wama wasaqa
والليل وما وسق
And by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness,
And by the moon when she is at the full,
Waalqamari itha ittasaqa
والقمر إذا اتسق
And by the moon when it is at the full.
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
You shall certainly travel from stage to stage (in this life and in the Hereafter).
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
Fama lahum la yuminoona
فما لهم لا يؤمنون
What is the matter with them, that they believe not?
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 Qur'an is recited to them, they fall not prostrate.
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
Nay, those who disbelieve belie (Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and whatever he brought, i.e. this Qur'an and Islamic Monotheism, etc.).
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona
والله أعلم بما يوعون
And Allah knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds),
So give them tidings of a painful doom,
Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
So announce to them a painful torment.
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
Save those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them is a reward that will never come to an end (i.e. Paradise).