Chapter 84, 25 verses
When the heaven bursts asunder,
Itha alssamao inshaqqat
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انشَقَّتْ
When the sky has split [open]
And obeys its Lord and it must.
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
And when the earth is stretched,
Waitha alardu muddat
وَإِذَا الْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ
And when the earth has been extended
And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,
Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat
وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
And obeys its Lord and it must.
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -
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
يَا أَيُّهَا الْإِنسَانُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَاقِيهِ
O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.
Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand,
Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ
Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,
He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,
Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran
فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا
He will be judged with an easy account
And he shall go back to his people joyful.
Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran
وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا
And return to his people in happiness.
And as to him who is given his book behind his back,
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ وَرَاءَ ظَهْرِهِ
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
He shall call for perdition,
Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran
فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُو ثُبُورًا
He will cry out for destruction
And enter into burning fire.
Wayasla saAAeeran
وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.
Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran
إِنَّهُ كَانَ فِي أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
Surely he thought that he would never return.
Innahu thanna an lan yahoora
إِنَّهُ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.
Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran
بَلَىٰ إِنَّ رَبَّهُ كَانَ بِهِ بَصِيرًا
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.
But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,
Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالشَّفَقِ
So I swear by the twilight glow
And the night and that which it drives on,
Waallayli wama wasaqa
وَاللَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ
And [by] the night and what it envelops
And the moon when it grows full,
Waalqamari itha ittasaqa
وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا اتَّسَقَ
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.
Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin
لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,
Fama lahum la yuminoona
فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,
And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance?
Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona
وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقُرْآنُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩
And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?
Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.
Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona
بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يُكَذِّبُونَ
But those who have disbelieved deny,
And Allah knows best what they hide,
WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona
وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
So announce to them a painful punishment~
Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin
فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
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
إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ
Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.