Itha alssamao inshaqqat
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انشقت
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder
Chapter 84, 25 verses
Itha alssamao inshaqqat
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انشقت
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
Waitha alardu muddat
And when the earth is stretched forth,
وإذا الأرض مدت
And when the earth is spread out
Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat
And has cast out all that was in it and became empty.
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And attentive to her Lord in fear!
Ya ayyuha alinsanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi
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).
يا أيها الإنسان إنك كادح إلى ربك كدحا فملاقيه
Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence).
Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi
Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand,
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه
Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran
He surely will receive an easy reckoning,
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran
And will return to his family in joy!
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
And will return unto his folk in joy.
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi
But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,
وأما من أوتي كتابه وراء ظهره
But whoso is given his account behind his back,
Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran
He will invoke (for his) destruction,
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
He surely will invoke destruction
Wayasla saAAeeran
And he shall enter a blazing Fire, and be made to taste its burning.
ويصلى سعيرا
And be thrown to scorching fire.
Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran
Verily, he was among his people in joy!
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
Innahu thanna an lan yahoora
Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to Us)!
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran
Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi
So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;
فلا أقسم بالشفق
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
Waallayli wama wasaqa
And by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness,
والليل وما وسق
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
Waalqamari itha ittasaqa
And by the moon when it is at the full.
والقمر إذا اتسق
And by the moon when she is at the full,
Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin
You shall certainly travel from stage to stage (in this life and in the Hereafter).
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
Fama lahum la yuminoona
What is the matter with them, that they believe not?
فما لهم لا يؤمنون
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona
And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they fall not prostrate.
وإذا قرئ عليهم القرآن لا يسجدون ۩
And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah) ?
Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona
Nay, those who disbelieve belie (Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and whatever he brought, i.e. this Qur'an and Islamic Monotheism, etc.).
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona
And Allah knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds),
والله أعلم بما يوعون
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin
So announce to them a painful torment.
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
So give them tidings of a painful doom,
Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin
Save those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them is a reward that will never come to an end (i.e. Paradise).
إلا الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات لهم أجر غير ممنون
Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.