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]
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder,
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
And when the earth is spread out
And when the earth has been extended
And when the earth is stretched forth,
And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
And has cast out all that was in it and became empty.
And attentive to her Lord in fear!
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -
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).
O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.
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
Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,
Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand,
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
He will be judged with an easy account
He surely will receive an easy reckoning,
And will return unto his folk in joy.
And return to his people in happiness.
And will return to his family in joy!
But whoso is given his account behind his back,
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,
He surely will invoke destruction
He will cry out for destruction
He will invoke (for his) destruction,
And be thrown to scorching fire.
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
And he shall enter a blazing Fire, and be made to taste its burning.
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
Verily, he was among his people in joy!
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to Us)!
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.
Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
So I swear by the twilight glow
So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
And [by] the night and what it envelops
And by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness,
And by the moon when she is at the full,
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
And by the moon when it is at the full.
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
You shall certainly travel from stage to stage (in this life and in the Hereafter).
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,
What is the matter with them, that they believe not?
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 Qur'an is recited to them, they fall not prostrate.
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
But those who have disbelieved deny,
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.
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
And Allah knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds),
So give them tidings of a painful doom,
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
So announce to them a painful torment.
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.
Save those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them is a reward that will never come to an end (i.e. Paradise).