Itha alssamao inshaqqat
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انشَقَّتْ
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder
When the sky is rent asunder,
Chapter 84, 25 verses
Itha alssamao inshaqqat
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انشَقَّتْ
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder
When the sky is rent asunder,
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, and it must needs (do so); -
Waitha alardu muddat
وَإِذَا الْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ
And when the earth is spread out
And when the earth is flattened out,
Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat
وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ
And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) empty,
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
And attentive to her Lord in fear!
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, - and it must needs (do so); - (then will come Home the full reality).
Ya ayyuha alinsanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi
يَا أَيُّهَا الْإِنسَانُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَاقِيهِ
Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence).
O thou man! Verily thou art ever toiling on towards thy Lord - painfully toiling, - but thou shalt meet Him.
Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ
Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
Then he who is given his Record in his right hand,
Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran
فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,
Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran
وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا
And will return unto his folk in joy.
And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ وَرَاءَ ظَهْرِهِ
But whoso is given his account behind his back,
But he who is given his Record behind his back, -
Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran
فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُو ثُبُورًا
He surely will invoke destruction
Soon will he cry for perdition,
Wayasla saAAeeran
وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا
And be thrown to scorching fire.
And he will enter a Blazing Fire.
Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran
إِنَّهُ كَانَ فِي أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing!
Innahu thanna an lan yahoora
إِنَّهُ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)!
Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran
بَلَىٰ إِنَّ رَبَّهُ كَانَ بِهِ بَصِيرًا
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of him!
Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالشَّفَقِ
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset;
Waallayli wama wasaqa
وَاللَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
The Night and its Homing;
Waalqamari itha ittasaqa
وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا اتَّسَقَ
And by the moon when she is at the full,
And the Moon in her fullness:
Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin
لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.
Fama lahum la yuminoona
فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
What then is the matter with them, that they believe not? -
Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona
وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقُرْآنُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩
And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah) ?
And when the Qur'an is read to them, they fall not prostrate,
Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona
بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يُكَذِّبُونَ
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).
WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona
وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
But Allah has full knowledge of what they secrete (in their breasts)
Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin
فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
So give them tidings of a painful doom,
So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,
Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin
إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ
Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.
Except to those who believe and work righteous deeds: For them is a Reward that will never fail.