Chapter 84, 25 verses
Itha alssamao inshaqqat
When the sky is rent asunder,
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 hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, and it must needs (do so); -
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
وأذنت لربها وحقت
Waitha alardu muddat
And when the earth is flattened out,
And when the earth is spread out
وإذا الأرض مدت
Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat
And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) empty,
And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, - and it must needs (do so); - (then will come Home the full reality).
And attentive to her Lord in fear!
وأذنت لربها وحقت
Ya ayyuha alinsanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi
O thou man! Verily thou art ever toiling on towards thy Lord - painfully toiling, - but thou shalt meet Him.
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 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
Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran
And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!
And will return unto his folk in joy.
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi
But 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
Soon will he cry for perdition,
He surely will invoke destruction
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
Wayasla saAAeeran
And he will enter a Blazing Fire.
And be thrown to scorching fire.
ويصلى سعيرا
Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran
Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing!
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
Innahu thanna an lan yahoora
Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)!
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran
Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of him!
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi
So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset;
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
فلا أقسم بالشفق
Waallayli wama wasaqa
The Night and its Homing;
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
والليل وما وسق
Waalqamari itha ittasaqa
And the Moon in her fullness:
And by the moon when she is at the full,
والقمر إذا اتسق
Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin
Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
Fama lahum la yuminoona
What then is the matter with them, that they believe not? -
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
فما لهم لا يؤمنون
Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona
And when the Qur'an is read to them, they fall not prostrate,
And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah) ?
وإذا قرئ عليهم القرآن لا يسجدون ۩
Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona
But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona
But Allah has full knowledge of what they secrete (in their breasts)
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
والله أعلم بما يوعون
Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin
So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,
So give them tidings of a painful doom,
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin
Except to those who believe and work righteous deeds: For them is a Reward that will never fail.
Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.
إلا الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات لهم أجر غير ممنون