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