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