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]
When the heaven bursts asunder,
إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
And obeys its Lord and it must.
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
And when the earth is spread out
And when the earth has been extended
And when the earth is stretched,
وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ
And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,
وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ
And attentive to her Lord in fear!
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -
And obeys its Lord and it must.
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
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.
O man! surely you must strive (to attain) to your Lord, a hard striving until you meet Him.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ
Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,
Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand,
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
He will be judged with an easy account
He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,
فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا
And will return unto his folk in joy.
And return to his people in happiness.
And he shall go back to his people joyful.
وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا
But whoso is given his account behind his back,
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
And as to him who is given his book behind his back,
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ
He surely will invoke destruction
He will cry out for destruction
He shall call for perdition,
فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًا
And be thrown to scorching fire.
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
And enter into burning fire.
وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
Surely he thought that he would never return.
إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.
Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.
بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًا
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
So I swear by the twilight glow
But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
And [by] the night and what it envelops
And the night and that which it drives on,
وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ
And by the moon when she is at the full,
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
And the moon when it grows full,
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.
لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,
But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,
فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
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]?
And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance?
وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
But those who have disbelieved deny,
Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
And Allah knows best what they hide,
وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ
So give them tidings of a painful doom,
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
So announce to them a painful punishment~
فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
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.
Except those who believe and do good; for them is a reward that shall never be cut off.
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ