Chapter 84, 25 verses
When the heaven bursts asunder,
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انشقت
إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ
And obeys its Lord and it must.
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
وأذنت لربها وحقت
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
And when the earth is stretched,
And when the earth is spread out
وإذا الأرض مدت
وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ
And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,
And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ
And obeys its Lord and it must.
And attentive to her Lord in fear!
وأذنت لربها وحقت
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
O man! surely you must strive (to attain) to your Lord, a hard striving until you meet Him.
Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence).
يا أيها الإنسان إنك كادح إلى ربك كدحا فملاقيه
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ
Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand,
Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ
He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا
And he shall go back to his people joyful.
And will return unto his folk in joy.
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا
And as to him who is given his book behind his back,
But whoso is given his account behind his back,
وأما من أوتي كتابه وراء ظهره
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ
He shall call for perdition,
He surely will invoke destruction
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًا
And enter into burning fire.
And be thrown to scorching fire.
ويصلى سعيرا
وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا
Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا
Surely he thought that he would never return.
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ
Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًا
But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
فلا أقسم بالشفق
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ
And the night and that which it drives on,
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
والليل وما وسق
وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ
And the moon when it grows full,
And by the moon when she is at the full,
والقمر إذا اتسق
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ
That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ
But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
فما لهم لا يؤمنون
فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance?
And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah) ?
وإذا قرئ عليهم القرآن لا يسجدون ۩
وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ
Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ
And Allah knows best what they hide,
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
والله أعلم بما يوعون
وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ
So announce to them a painful punishment~
So give them tidings of a painful doom,
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
Except those who believe and do good; for them is a reward that shall never be cut off.
Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.
إلا الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات لهم أجر غير ممنون
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ