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
Itha alssamao inshaqqat
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
وأذنت لربها وحقت
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
And when the earth is stretched forth,
وإذا الأرض مدت
Waitha alardu muddat
And has cast out all that was in it and became empty.
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
وأذنت لربها وحقت
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
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
Ya ayyuha alinsanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi
Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand,
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه
Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi
He surely will receive an easy reckoning,
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran
And will return to his family in joy!
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran
But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,
وأما من أوتي كتابه وراء ظهره
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi
He will invoke (for his) destruction,
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran
And he shall enter a blazing Fire, and be made to taste its burning.
ويصلى سعيرا
Wayasla saAAeeran
Verily, he was among his people in joy!
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran
Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to Us)!
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
Innahu thanna an lan yahoora
Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran
So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;
فلا أقسم بالشفق
Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi
And by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness,
والليل وما وسق
Waallayli wama wasaqa
And by the moon when it is at the full.
والقمر إذا اتسق
Waalqamari itha ittasaqa
You shall certainly travel from stage to stage (in this life and in the Hereafter).
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin
What is the matter with them, that they believe not?
فما لهم لا يؤمنون
Fama lahum la yuminoona
And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they fall not prostrate.
وإذا قرئ عليهم القرآن لا يسجدون ۩
Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona
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
Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona
And Allah knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds),
والله أعلم بما يوعون
WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona
So announce to them a painful torment.
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin
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
Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin