Chapter 84, 25 verses
When the heaven bursts asunder,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انشقت
When the sky has split [open]
Itha alssamao inshaqqat
And obeys its Lord and it must.
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
And when the earth is stretched,
وإذا الأرض مدت
And when the earth has been extended
Waitha alardu muddat
And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat
And obeys its Lord and it must.
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to 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 mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.
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 he who is 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 will be judged with an easy account
Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran
And he shall go back to his people joyful.
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
And return to his people in happiness.
Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran
And as to him who is given his book behind his back,
وأما من أوتي كتابه وراء ظهره
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi
He shall call for perdition,
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
He will cry out for destruction
Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran
And enter into burning fire.
ويصلى سعيرا
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
Wayasla saAAeeran
Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran
Surely he thought that he would never return.
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
Innahu thanna an lan yahoora
Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.
Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran
But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,
فلا أقسم بالشفق
So I swear by the twilight glow
Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi
And the night and that which it drives on,
والليل وما وسق
And [by] the night and what it envelops
Waallayli wama wasaqa
And the moon when it grows full,
والقمر إذا اتسق
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
Waalqamari itha ittasaqa
That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin
But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,
فما لهم لا يؤمنون
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,
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 do not prostrate [to Allah]?
Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona
Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
But those who have disbelieved deny,
Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona
And Allah knows best what they hide,
والله أعلم بما يوعون
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona
So announce to them a painful punishment~
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
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
Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.
Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin