Chapter 84, 25 verses
Itha alssamao inshaqqat
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder,
When the sky has split [open]
إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
Waitha alardu muddat
And when the earth is stretched forth,
And when the earth has been extended
وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ
Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat
And has cast out all that was in it and became empty.
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
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).
O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ
Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi
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,
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ
Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran
He surely will receive an easy reckoning,
He will be judged with an easy account
فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا
Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran
And will return to his family in joy!
And return to his people in happiness.
وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi
But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ
Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran
He will invoke (for his) destruction,
He will cry out for destruction
فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًا
Wayasla saAAeeran
And he shall enter a blazing Fire, and be made to taste its burning.
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا
Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran
Verily, he was among his people in joy!
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا
Innahu thanna an lan yahoora
Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to Us)!
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ
Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran
Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.
بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًا
Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi
So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;
So I swear by the twilight glow
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ
Waallayli wama wasaqa
And by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness,
And [by] the night and what it envelops
وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ
Waalqamari itha ittasaqa
And by the moon when it is at the full.
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ
Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin
You shall certainly travel from stage to stage (in this life and in the Hereafter).
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ
Fama lahum la yuminoona
What is the matter with them, that they believe not?
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,
فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona
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]?
وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ
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.).
But those who have disbelieved deny,
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ
WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona
And Allah knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds),
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ
Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin
So announce to them a painful torment.
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
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).
Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ