Chapter 84, 25 verses
Itha alssamao inshaqqat
When the sky is rent asunder,
When the sky has split [open]
إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ
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]
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
Waitha alardu muddat
And when the earth is flattened out,
And when the earth has been extended
وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ
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]
وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ
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] -
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
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.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ
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,
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ
Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran
Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,
He will be judged with an easy account
فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا
Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran
And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!
And return to his people in happiness.
وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا
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,
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ
Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran
Soon will he cry for perdition,
He will cry out for destruction
فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًا
Wayasla saAAeeran
And he will enter a Blazing Fire.
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا
Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran
Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing!
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا
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].
إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ
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.
بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًا
Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi
So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset;
So I swear by the twilight glow
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ
Waallayli wama wasaqa
The Night and its Homing;
And [by] the night and what it envelops
وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ
Waalqamari itha ittasaqa
And the Moon in her fullness:
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ
Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin
Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ
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,
فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
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]?
وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ
Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona
But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).
But those who have disbelieved deny,
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ
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.
وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ
Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin
So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
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.
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ