Chapter 84, 25 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder,
Itha alssamao inshaqqat
When the sky is rent asunder,
When the sky has split [open]
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, and it must needs (do so); -
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
And when the earth is stretched forth,
Waitha alardu muddat
And when the earth is flattened out,
And when the earth has been extended
And has cast out all that was in it and became empty.
Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat
And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) empty,
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, - and it must needs (do so); - (then will come Home the full reality).
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -
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
O thou man! Verily thou art ever toiling on towards thy Lord - painfully toiling, - but thou shalt meet Him.
O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.
Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand,
Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi
Then he who is given his Record in his right hand,
Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,
He surely will receive an easy reckoning,
Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran
Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,
He will be judged with an easy account
And will return to his family in joy!
Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran
And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!
And return to his people in happiness.
But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi
But he who is given his Record behind his back, -
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
He will invoke (for his) destruction,
Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran
Soon will he cry for perdition,
He will cry out for destruction
And he shall enter a blazing Fire, and be made to taste its burning.
Wayasla saAAeeran
And he will enter a Blazing Fire.
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
Verily, he was among his people in joy!
Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran
Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing!
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to Us)!
Innahu thanna an lan yahoora
Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)!
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!
Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran
Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of him!
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.
So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;
Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi
So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset;
So I swear by the twilight glow
And by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness,
Waallayli wama wasaqa
The Night and its Homing;
And [by] the night and what it envelops
And by the moon when it is at the full.
Waalqamari itha ittasaqa
And the Moon in her fullness:
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
You shall certainly travel from stage to stage (in this life and in the Hereafter).
Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin
Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
What is the matter with them, that they believe not?
Fama lahum la yuminoona
What then is the matter with them, that they believe not? -
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,
And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they fall not prostrate.
Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona
And when the Qur'an is read to them, they fall not prostrate,
And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to 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.).
Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona
But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).
But those who have disbelieved deny,
And Allah knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds),
WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona
But Allah has full knowledge of what they secrete (in their breasts)
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
So announce to them a painful torment.
Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin
So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
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
Except to those who believe and work righteous deeds: For them is a Reward that will never fail.
Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.