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
When the sky is rent asunder,
And obeys its Lord and it must.
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, and it must needs (do so); -
And when the earth is stretched,
وإذا الأرض مدت
And when the earth is spread out
And when the earth is flattened out,
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
And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) empty,
And obeys its Lord and it must.
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And attentive to her Lord in fear!
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, - and it must needs (do so); - (then will come Home the full reality).
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).
O thou man! Verily thou art ever toiling on towards thy Lord - painfully toiling, - but thou shalt meet Him.
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
Then he who is given his Record in his right hand,
He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,
And he shall go back to his people joyful.
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
And will return unto his folk in joy.
And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!
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,
But he who is given his Record behind his back, -
He shall call for perdition,
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
He surely will invoke destruction
Soon will he cry for perdition,
And enter into burning fire.
ويصلى سعيرا
And be thrown to scorching fire.
And he will enter a Blazing Fire.
Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing!
Surely he thought that he would never return.
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)!
Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of him!
But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,
فلا أقسم بالشفق
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset;
And the night and that which it drives on,
والليل وما وسق
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
The Night and its Homing;
And the moon when it grows full,
والقمر إذا اتسق
And by the moon when she is at the full,
And the Moon in her fullness:
That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.
But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,
فما لهم لا يؤمنون
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
What then is the matter with them, that they believe not? -
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) ?
And when the Qur'an is read to them, they fall not prostrate,
Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).
And Allah knows best what they hide,
والله أعلم بما يوعون
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
But Allah has full knowledge of what they secrete (in their breasts)
So announce to them a painful punishment~
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
So give them tidings of a painful doom,
So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,
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.
Except to those who believe and work righteous deeds: For them is a Reward that will never fail.