Chapter 84, 25 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder,
Itha alssamao inshaqqat
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انشقت
When the sky is rent asunder,
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, and it must needs (do so); -
And when the earth is stretched forth,
Waitha alardu muddat
وإذا الأرض مدت
And when the earth is flattened out,
And has cast out all that was in it and became empty.
Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) empty,
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
وأذنت لربها وحقت
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).
Ya ayyuha alinsanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi
يا أيها الإنسان إنك كادح إلى ربك كدحا فملاقيه
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,
Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه
Then he who is given his Record in his right hand,
He surely will receive an easy reckoning,
Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,
And will return to his family in joy!
Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!
But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi
وأما من أوتي كتابه وراء ظهره
But he who is given his Record behind his back, -
He will invoke (for his) destruction,
Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
Soon will he cry for perdition,
And he shall enter a blazing Fire, and be made to taste its burning.
Wayasla saAAeeran
ويصلى سعيرا
And he will enter a Blazing Fire.
Verily, he was among his people in joy!
Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing!
Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to Us)!
Innahu thanna an lan yahoora
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)!
Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!
Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of him!
So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;
Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi
فلا أقسم بالشفق
So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset;
And by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness,
Waallayli wama wasaqa
والليل وما وسق
The Night and its Homing;
And by the moon when it is at the full.
Waalqamari itha ittasaqa
والقمر إذا اتسق
And the Moon in her fullness:
You shall certainly travel from stage to stage (in this life and in the Hereafter).
Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.
What is the matter with them, that they believe not?
Fama lahum la yuminoona
فما لهم لا يؤمنون
What then is the matter with them, that they believe not? -
And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they fall not prostrate.
Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona
وإذا قرئ عليهم القرآن لا يسجدون ۩
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.).
Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).
And Allah knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds),
WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona
والله أعلم بما يوعون
But Allah has full knowledge of what they secrete (in their breasts)
So announce to them a painful torment.
Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
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).
Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin
إلا الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات لهم أجر غير ممنون
Except to those who believe and work righteous deeds: For them is a Reward that will never fail.