Chapter 84, 25 verses
When the heaven bursts asunder,
Itha alssamao inshaqqat
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder
إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ
And obeys its Lord and it must.
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
And when the earth is stretched,
Waitha alardu muddat
And when the earth is spread out
وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ
And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,
Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat
And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ
And obeys its Lord and it must.
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
And attentive to her Lord in fear!
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
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
Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence).
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ
Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand,
Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi
Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ
He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,
Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا
And he shall go back to his people joyful.
Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran
And will return unto his folk in joy.
وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا
And as to him who is given his book behind his back,
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi
But whoso is given his account behind his back,
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ
He shall call for perdition,
Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran
He surely will invoke destruction
فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًا
And enter into burning fire.
Wayasla saAAeeran
And be thrown to scorching fire.
وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا
Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.
Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا
Surely he thought that he would never return.
Innahu thanna an lan yahoora
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ
Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.
Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًا
But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,
Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ
And the night and that which it drives on,
Waallayli wama wasaqa
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ
And the moon when it grows full,
Waalqamari itha ittasaqa
And by the moon when she is at the full,
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ
That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.
Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ
But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,
Fama lahum la yuminoona
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance?
Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona
And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah) ?
وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ
Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.
Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ
And Allah knows best what they hide,
WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ
So announce to them a painful punishment~
Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin
So give them tidings of a painful doom,
فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
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
Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ