Chapter 84, 25 verses
When the heaven bursts asunder,
When the sky has split [open]
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انشقت
And obeys its Lord and it must.
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And when the earth is stretched,
And when the earth has been extended
وإذا الأرض مدت
And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
And obeys its Lord and it must.
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -
وأذنت لربها وحقت
O man! surely you must strive (to attain) to your Lord, a hard striving until you meet Him.
O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.
يا أيها الإنسان إنك كادح إلى ربك كدحا فملاقيه
Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand,
Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه
He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,
He will be judged with an easy account
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
And he shall go back to his people joyful.
And return to his people in happiness.
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
And as to him who is given his book behind his back,
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
وأما من أوتي كتابه وراء ظهره
He shall call for perdition,
He will cry out for destruction
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
And enter into burning fire.
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
ويصلى سعيرا
Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
Surely he thought that he would never return.
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,
So I swear by the twilight glow
فلا أقسم بالشفق
And the night and that which it drives on,
And [by] the night and what it envelops
والليل وما وسق
And the moon when it grows full,
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
والقمر إذا اتسق
That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,
فما لهم لا يؤمنون
And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance?
And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?
وإذا قرئ عليهم القرآن لا يسجدون ۩
Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.
But those who have disbelieved deny,
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
And Allah knows best what they hide,
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
والله أعلم بما يوعون
So announce to them a painful punishment~
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
Except those who believe and do good; for them is a reward that shall never be cut off.
Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.
إلا الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات لهم أجر غير ممنون