Chapter 84, 25 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder,
When the sky has split [open]
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انشقت
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And when the earth is stretched forth,
And when the earth has been extended
وإذا الأرض مدت
And has cast out all that was in it and became empty.
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -
وأذنت لربها وحقت
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 mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.
يا أيها الإنسان إنك كادح إلى ربك كدحا فملاقيه
Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand,
Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه
He surely will receive an easy reckoning,
He will be judged with an easy account
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
And will return to his family in joy!
And return to his people in happiness.
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
وأما من أوتي كتابه وراء ظهره
He will invoke (for his) destruction,
He will cry out for destruction
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
And he shall enter a blazing Fire, and be made to taste its burning.
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
ويصلى سعيرا
Verily, he was among his people in joy!
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to Us)!
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;
So I swear by the twilight glow
فلا أقسم بالشفق
And by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness,
And [by] the night and what it envelops
والليل وما وسق
And by the moon when it is at the full.
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
والقمر إذا اتسق
You shall certainly travel from stage to stage (in this life and in the Hereafter).
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
What is the matter with them, that they believe not?
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,
فما لهم لا يؤمنون
And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they fall not prostrate.
And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?
وإذا قرئ عليهم القرآن لا يسجدون ۩
Nay, those who disbelieve belie (Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and whatever he brought, i.e. this Qur'an and Islamic Monotheism, etc.).
But those who have disbelieved deny,
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
And Allah knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds),
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
والله أعلم بما يوعون
So announce to them a painful torment.
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
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 for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.
إلا الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات لهم أجر غير ممنون