Chapter 84, 25 verses
When the heaven bursts asunder,
Itha alssamao inshaqqat
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انشقت
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder
And obeys its Lord and it must.
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
And when the earth is stretched,
Waitha alardu muddat
وإذا الأرض مدت
And when the earth is spread out
And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,
Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
And obeys its Lord and it must.
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And attentive to her Lord in fear!
O man! surely you must strive (to attain) to your Lord, a hard striving until you meet Him.
Ya ayyuha alinsanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi
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).
Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand,
Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه
Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,
Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
And he shall go back to his people joyful.
Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
And will return unto his folk in joy.
And as to him who is given his book behind his back,
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi
وأما من أوتي كتابه وراء ظهره
But whoso is given his account behind his back,
He shall call for perdition,
Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
He surely will invoke destruction
And enter into burning fire.
Wayasla saAAeeran
ويصلى سعيرا
And be thrown to scorching fire.
Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.
Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
Surely he thought that he would never return.
Innahu thanna an lan yahoora
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.
Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,
Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi
فلا أقسم بالشفق
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
And the night and that which it drives on,
Waallayli wama wasaqa
والليل وما وسق
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
And the moon when it grows full,
Waalqamari itha ittasaqa
والقمر إذا اتسق
And by the moon when she is at the full,
That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.
Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,
Fama lahum la yuminoona
فما لهم لا يؤمنون
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance?
Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona
وإذا قرئ عليهم القرآن لا يسجدون ۩
And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah) ?
Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.
Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
And Allah knows best what they hide,
WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona
والله أعلم بما يوعون
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
So announce to them a painful punishment~
Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
So give them tidings of a painful doom,
Except those who believe and do good; for them is a reward that shall never be cut off.
Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin
إلا الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات لهم أجر غير ممنون
Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.