Chapter 84, 25 verses
When the heaven bursts asunder,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انشقت
Itha alssamao inshaqqat
And obeys its Lord and it must.
وأذنت لربها وحقت
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
And when the earth is stretched,
وإذا الأرض مدت
Waitha alardu muddat
And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat
And obeys its Lord and it must.
وأذنت لربها وحقت
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
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
Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi
He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran
And he shall go back to his people joyful.
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran
And as to him who is given his book behind his back,
وأما من أوتي كتابه وراء ظهره
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi
He shall call for perdition,
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran
And enter into burning fire.
ويصلى سعيرا
Wayasla saAAeeran
Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran
Surely he thought that he would never return.
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
Innahu thanna an lan yahoora
Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran
But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,
فلا أقسم بالشفق
Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi
And the night and that which it drives on,
والليل وما وسق
Waallayli wama wasaqa
And the moon when it grows full,
والقمر إذا اتسق
Waalqamari itha ittasaqa
That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin
But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,
فما لهم لا يؤمنون
Fama lahum la yuminoona
And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance?
وإذا قرئ عليهم القرآن لا يسجدون ۩
Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona
Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona
And Allah knows best what they hide,
والله أعلم بما يوعون
WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona
So announce to them a painful punishment~
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
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
Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin