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,
When the sky is rent asunder,
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
And obeys its Lord and it must.
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, and it must needs (do so); -
And when the earth is stretched forth,
And when the earth is stretched,
And when the earth is flattened out,
And has cast out all that was in it and became empty.
And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,
And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) empty,
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
And obeys its Lord and it must.
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, - and it must needs (do so); - (then will come Home the full reality).
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.
O thou man! Verily thou art ever toiling on towards thy Lord - painfully toiling, - but thou shalt meet Him.
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 he who is given his Record in his right hand,
He surely will receive an easy reckoning,
He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,
Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,
And will return to his family in joy!
And he shall go back to his people joyful.
And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!
But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,
And as to him who is given his book behind his back,
But he who is given his Record behind his back, -
He will invoke (for his) destruction,
He shall call for perdition,
Soon will he cry for perdition,
And he shall enter a blazing Fire, and be made to taste its burning.
And enter into burning fire.
And he will enter a Blazing Fire.
Verily, he was among his people in joy!
Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.
Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing!
Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to Us)!
Surely he thought that he would never return.
Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)!
Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!
Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.
Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of him!
So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;
But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,
So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset;
And by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness,
And the night and that which it drives on,
The Night and its Homing;
And by the moon when it is at the full.
And the moon when it grows full,
And the Moon in her fullness:
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.
Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.
What is the matter with them, that they believe not?
But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,
What then is the matter with them, 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 read to them, they fall not prostrate,
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.
But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).
And Allah knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds),
And Allah knows best what they hide,
But Allah has full knowledge of what they secrete (in their breasts)
So announce to them a painful torment.
So announce to them a painful punishment~
So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,
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.
Except to those who believe and work righteous deeds: For them is a Reward that will never fail.