Chapter 84, 25 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder
When the sky has split [open]
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انشقت
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And when the earth is spread out
And when the earth has been extended
وإذا الأرض مدت
And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
And attentive to her Lord in fear!
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -
وأذنت لربها وحقت
Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence).
O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.
يا أيها الإنسان إنك كادح إلى ربك كدحا فملاقيه
Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
He will be judged with an easy account
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
And will return unto his folk in joy.
And return to his people in happiness.
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
But whoso is given his account behind his back,
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
وأما من أوتي كتابه وراء ظهره
He surely will invoke destruction
He will cry out for destruction
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
And be thrown to scorching fire.
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
ويصلى سعيرا
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
So I swear by the twilight glow
فلا أقسم بالشفق
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
And [by] the night and what it envelops
والليل وما وسق
And by the moon when she is at the full,
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
والقمر إذا اتسق
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
So 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 Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?
وإذا قرئ عليهم القرآن لا يسجدون ۩
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
But those who have disbelieved deny,
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
والله أعلم بما يوعون
So give them tidings of a painful doom,
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.
Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.
إلا الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات لهم أجر غير ممنون