Chapter 84, 25 verses
Itha alssamao inshaqqat
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انشقت
When the sky has split [open]
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
Waitha alardu muddat
And when the earth is spread out
وإذا الأرض مدت
And when the earth has been extended
Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat
And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
And attentive to her Lord in fear!
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -
Ya ayyuha alinsanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi
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
O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.
Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi
Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه
Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,
Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
He will be judged with an easy account
Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran
And will return unto his folk in joy.
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
And return to his people in happiness.
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi
But whoso is given his account behind his back,
وأما من أوتي كتابه وراء ظهره
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran
He surely will invoke destruction
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
He will cry out for destruction
Wayasla saAAeeran
And be thrown to scorching fire.
ويصلى سعيرا
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
Innahu thanna an lan yahoora
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.
Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
فلا أقسم بالشفق
So I swear by the twilight glow
Waallayli wama wasaqa
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
والليل وما وسق
And [by] the night and what it envelops
Waalqamari itha ittasaqa
And by the moon when she is at the full,
والقمر إذا اتسق
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
Fama lahum la yuminoona
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
فما لهم لا يؤمنون
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,
Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona
And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah) ?
وإذا قرئ عليهم القرآن لا يسجدون ۩
And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?
Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
But those who have disbelieved deny,
WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
والله أعلم بما يوعون
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin
So give them tidings of a painful doom,
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin
Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.
إلا الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات لهم أجر غير ممنون
Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.