Chapter 84, 25 verses
When the heaven bursts asunder,
When the sky is rent asunder,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انشقت
When the sky has split [open]
And obeys its Lord and it must.
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, and it must needs (do so); -
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
And when the earth is stretched,
And when the earth is flattened out,
وإذا الأرض مدت
And when the earth has been extended
And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,
And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) empty,
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
And obeys its Lord and it must.
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, - and it must needs (do so); - (then will come Home the full reality).
وأذنت لربها وحقت
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.
O thou man! Verily thou art ever toiling on towards thy Lord - painfully toiling, - but thou shalt meet Him.
يا أيها الإنسان إنك كادح إلى ربك كدحا فملاقيه
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,
Then he who is given his Record in his right hand,
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه
Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,
He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,
Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
He will be judged with an easy account
And he shall go back to his people joyful.
And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
And return to his people in happiness.
And as to him who is given his book behind his back,
But he who is given his Record behind his back, -
وأما من أوتي كتابه وراء ظهره
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
He shall call for perdition,
Soon will he cry for perdition,
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
He will cry out for destruction
And enter into burning fire.
And he will enter a Blazing Fire.
ويصلى سعيرا
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.
Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing!
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
Surely he thought that he would never return.
Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)!
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.
Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of him!
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.
But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,
So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset;
فلا أقسم بالشفق
So I swear by the twilight glow
And the night and that which it drives on,
The Night and its Homing;
والليل وما وسق
And [by] the night and what it envelops
And the moon when it grows full,
And the Moon in her fullness:
والقمر إذا اتسق
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.
Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,
What then is the matter with them, that they believe not? -
فما لهم لا يؤمنون
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?
And when the Qur'an is read to them, they fall not prostrate,
وإذا قرئ عليهم القرآن لا يسجدون ۩
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.
But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
But those who have disbelieved deny,
And Allah knows best what they hide,
But Allah has full knowledge of what they secrete (in their breasts)
والله أعلم بما يوعون
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
So announce to them a painful punishment~
So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
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.
Except to those who believe and work righteous deeds: For them is a Reward that will never fail.
إلا الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات لهم أجر غير ممنون
Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.