Chapter 84, 25 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder,
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انشَقَّتْ
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
And when the earth is stretched forth,
وَإِذَا الْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ
And has cast out all that was in it and became empty.
وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
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).
يَا أَيُّهَا الْإِنسَانُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَاقِيهِ
Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand,
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ
He surely will receive an easy reckoning,
فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا
And will return to his family in joy!
وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا
But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ وَرَاءَ ظَهْرِهِ
He will invoke (for his) destruction,
فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُو ثُبُورًا
And he shall enter a blazing Fire, and be made to taste its burning.
وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا
Verily, he was among his people in joy!
إِنَّهُ كَانَ فِي أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا
Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to Us)!
إِنَّهُ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ
Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!
بَلَىٰ إِنَّ رَبَّهُ كَانَ بِهِ بَصِيرًا
So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالشَّفَقِ
And by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness,
وَاللَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ
And by the moon when it is at the full.
وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا اتَّسَقَ
You shall certainly travel from stage to stage (in this life and in the Hereafter).
لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ
What is the matter with them, that they believe not?
فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they fall not prostrate.
وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقُرْآنُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩
Nay, those who disbelieve belie (Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and whatever he brought, i.e. this Qur'an and Islamic Monotheism, etc.).
بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يُكَذِّبُونَ
And Allah knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds),
وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ
So announce to them a painful torment.
فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
Save those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them is a reward that will never come to an end (i.e. Paradise).
إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ