Itha alssamao inshaqqat
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انشقت
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder,
When the sky has split [open]
Chapter 84, 25 verses
Itha alssamao inshaqqat
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انشقت
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder,
When the sky has split [open]
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
Waitha alardu muddat
وإذا الأرض مدت
And when the earth is stretched forth,
And when the earth has been extended
Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
And has cast out all that was in it and became empty.
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -
Ya ayyuha alinsanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi
يا أيها الإنسان إنك كادح إلى ربك كدحا فملاقيه
O man! Verily, you are returning towards your Lord with your deeds and actions (good or bad), a sure returning, and you will meet (the results of your deeds which you did).
O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.
Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه
Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand,
Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,
Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
He surely will receive an easy reckoning,
He will be judged with an easy account
Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
And will return to his family in joy!
And return to his people in happiness.
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi
وأما من أوتي كتابه وراء ظهره
But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
He will invoke (for his) destruction,
He will cry out for destruction
Wayasla saAAeeran
ويصلى سعيرا
And he shall enter a blazing Fire, and be made to taste its burning.
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
Verily, he was among his people in joy!
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
Innahu thanna an lan yahoora
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to Us)!
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.
Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi
فلا أقسم بالشفق
So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;
So I swear by the twilight glow
Waallayli wama wasaqa
والليل وما وسق
And by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness,
And [by] the night and what it envelops
Waalqamari itha ittasaqa
والقمر إذا اتسق
And by the moon when it is at the full.
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
You shall certainly travel from stage to stage (in this life and in the Hereafter).
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
Fama lahum la yuminoona
فما لهم لا يؤمنون
What is the matter with them, that they believe not?
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,
Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona
وإذا قرئ عليهم القرآن لا يسجدون ۩
And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they fall not prostrate.
And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?
Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
Nay, those who disbelieve belie (Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and whatever he brought, i.e. this Qur'an and Islamic Monotheism, etc.).
But those who have disbelieved deny,
WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona
والله أعلم بما يوعون
And Allah knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds),
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
So announce to them a painful torment.
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin
إلا الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات لهم أجر غير ممنون
Save those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them is a reward that will never come to an end (i.e. Paradise).
Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.