Chapter 84, 25 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder,
When the heaven bursts asunder,
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.
And obeys its Lord and it must.
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
And when the earth is stretched forth,
And when the earth is stretched,
And when the earth is spread out
And has cast out all that was in it and became empty.
And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,
And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
And obeys its Lord and it must.
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).
O man! surely you must strive (to attain) to your Lord, a hard striving until you meet Him.
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,
Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand,
Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
He surely will receive an easy reckoning,
He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
And will return to his family in joy!
And he shall go back to his people joyful.
And will return unto his folk in joy.
But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,
And as to him who is given his book behind his back,
But whoso is given his account behind his back,
He will invoke (for his) destruction,
He shall call for perdition,
He surely will invoke destruction
And he shall enter a blazing Fire, and be made to taste its burning.
And enter into burning fire.
And be thrown to scorching fire.
Verily, he was among his people in joy!
Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to Us)!
Surely he thought that he would never return.
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!
Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;
But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
And by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness,
And the night and that which it drives on,
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
And by the moon when it is at the full.
And the moon when it grows full,
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).
That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
What is the matter with them, that they believe not?
But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they fall not prostrate.
And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance?
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.).
Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
And Allah knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds),
And Allah knows best what they hide,
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
So announce to them a painful torment.
So announce to them a painful punishment~
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).
Except those who believe and do good; for them is a reward that shall never be cut off.
Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.