Chapter 84, 25 verses
When the heaven bursts asunder,
When the sky is rent asunder,
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انشقت
And obeys its Lord and it must.
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, and it must needs (do so); -
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And when the earth is stretched,
And when the earth is flattened out,
And when the earth is spread out
وإذا الأرض مدت
And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,
And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) empty,
And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
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).
And attentive to her Lord in fear!
وأذنت لربها وحقت
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.
Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence).
يا أيها الإنسان إنك كادح إلى ربك كدحا فملاقيه
Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand,
Then he who is given his Record in his right hand,
Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه
He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,
Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
And he shall go back to his people joyful.
And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!
And will return unto his folk in joy.
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
And as to him who is given his book behind his back,
But he who is given his Record behind his back, -
But whoso is given his account behind his back,
وأما من أوتي كتابه وراء ظهره
He shall call for perdition,
Soon will he cry for perdition,
He surely will invoke destruction
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
And enter into burning fire.
And he will enter a Blazing Fire.
And be thrown to scorching fire.
ويصلى سعيرا
Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.
Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing!
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
Surely he thought that he would never return.
Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)!
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.
Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of him!
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,
So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset;
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
فلا أقسم بالشفق
And the night and that which it drives on,
The Night and its Homing;
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
والليل وما وسق
And the moon when it grows full,
And the Moon in her fullness:
And by the moon when she is at the full,
والقمر إذا اتسق
That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.
Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,
What then is the matter with them, that they believe not? -
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
فما لهم لا يؤمنون
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,
And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah) ?
وإذا قرئ عليهم القرآن لا يسجدون ۩
Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.
But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
And Allah knows best what they hide,
But Allah has full knowledge of what they secrete (in their breasts)
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
والله أعلم بما يوعون
So announce to them a painful punishment~
So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,
So give them tidings of a painful doom,
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
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.
Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.
إلا الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات لهم أجر غير ممنون