Chapter 84, 25 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انشقت
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
And when the earth is stretched forth,
وإذا الأرض مدت
And when the earth is spread out
And has cast out all that was in it and became empty.
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And attentive to her Lord in fear!
O man! Verily, you are returning towards your Lord with your deeds and actions (good or bad), a sure returning, and you will meet (the results of your deeds which you did).
يا أيها الإنسان إنك كادح إلى ربك كدحا فملاقيه
Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence).
Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand,
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه
Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
He surely will receive an easy reckoning,
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
And will return to his family in joy!
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
And will return unto his folk in joy.
But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,
وأما من أوتي كتابه وراء ظهره
But whoso is given his account behind his back,
He will invoke (for his) destruction,
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
He surely will invoke destruction
And he shall enter a blazing Fire, and be made to taste its burning.
ويصلى سعيرا
And be thrown to scorching fire.
Verily, he was among his people in joy!
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to Us)!
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;
فلا أقسم بالشفق
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
And by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness,
والليل وما وسق
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
And by the moon when it is at the full.
والقمر إذا اتسق
And by the moon when she is at the full,
You shall certainly travel from stage to stage (in this life and in the Hereafter).
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
What is the matter with them, that they believe not?
فما لهم لا يؤمنون
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they fall not prostrate.
وإذا قرئ عليهم القرآن لا يسجدون ۩
And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah) ?
Nay, those who disbelieve belie (Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and whatever he brought, i.e. this Qur'an and Islamic Monotheism, etc.).
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
And Allah knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds),
والله أعلم بما يوعون
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
So announce to them a painful torment.
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
So give them tidings of a painful doom,
Save those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them is a reward that will never come to an end (i.e. Paradise).
إلا الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات لهم أجر غير ممنون
Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.