Chapter 84, 25 verses
Itha alssamao inshaqqat
When the sky is rent asunder,
When the sky has split [open]
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, and it must needs (do so); -
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
Waitha alardu muddat
And when the earth is flattened out,
And when the earth has been extended
And when the earth is spread out
Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat
And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) empty,
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
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 has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -
And attentive to her Lord in fear!
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.
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).
Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi
Then he who is given his Record in his right hand,
Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,
Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran
Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,
He will be judged with an easy account
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran
And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!
And return to his people in happiness.
And will return unto his folk in joy.
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi
But he who is given his Record behind his back, -
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
But whoso is given his account behind his back,
Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran
Soon will he cry for perdition,
He will cry out for destruction
He surely will invoke destruction
Wayasla saAAeeran
And he will enter a Blazing Fire.
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
And be thrown to scorching fire.
Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran
Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing!
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
Innahu thanna an lan yahoora
Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)!
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran
Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of him!
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi
So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset;
So I swear by the twilight glow
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
Waallayli wama wasaqa
The Night and its Homing;
And [by] the night and what it envelops
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
Waalqamari itha ittasaqa
And the Moon in her fullness:
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
And by the moon when she is at the full,
Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin
Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
Fama lahum la yuminoona
What then is the matter with them, that they believe not? -
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
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 to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?
And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah) ?
Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona
But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).
But those who have disbelieved deny,
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona
But Allah has full knowledge of what they secrete (in their breasts)
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin
So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
So give them tidings of a painful doom,
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.
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.