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