Chapter 84, 25 verses
When the heaven bursts asunder,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انشقت
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder,
Itha alssamao inshaqqat
And obeys its Lord and it must.
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
And when the earth is stretched,
وإذا الأرض مدت
And when the earth is stretched forth,
Waitha alardu muddat
And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
And has cast out all that was in it and became empty.
Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat
And obeys its Lord and it must.
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
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
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).
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 as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand,
Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi
He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
He surely 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 to his family 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 whosoever is given his Record behind his back,
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi
He shall call for perdition,
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
He will invoke (for his) destruction,
Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran
And enter into burning fire.
ويصلى سعيرا
And he shall enter a blazing Fire, and be made to taste its burning.
Wayasla saAAeeran
Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
Verily, he was among his people in joy!
Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran
Surely he thought that he would never return.
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to Us)!
Innahu thanna an lan yahoora
Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!
Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran
But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,
فلا أقسم بالشفق
So 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 whatever it gathers in its darkness,
Waallayli wama wasaqa
And the moon when it grows full,
والقمر إذا اتسق
And by the moon when it is at the full.
Waalqamari itha ittasaqa
That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
You shall certainly travel from stage to stage (in this life and in the Hereafter).
Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin
But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,
فما لهم لا يؤمنون
What is the matter with them, 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 to them, they fall not prostrate.
Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona
Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
Nay, those who disbelieve belie (Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and whatever he brought, i.e. this Qur'an and Islamic Monotheism, etc.).
Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona
And Allah knows best what they hide,
والله أعلم بما يوعون
And Allah knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds),
WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona
So announce to them a painful punishment~
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
So announce to them a painful torment.
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 righteous good deeds, for them is a reward that will never come to an end (i.e. Paradise).
Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin