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]
Itha alssamao inshaqqat
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
And when the earth is stretched forth,
And when the earth has been extended
Waitha alardu muddat
And has cast out all that was in it and became empty.
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
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.
Ya ayyuha alinsanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi
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,
Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi
He surely will receive an easy reckoning,
He will be judged with an easy account
Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran
And will return to his family in joy!
And return to his people in happiness.
Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran
But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi
He will invoke (for his) destruction,
He will cry out for destruction
Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran
And he shall enter a blazing Fire, and be made to taste its burning.
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
Wayasla saAAeeran
Verily, he was among his people in joy!
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran
Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to Us)!
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
Innahu thanna an lan yahoora
Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.
Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran
So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;
So I swear by the twilight glow
Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi
And by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness,
And [by] the night and what it envelops
Waallayli wama wasaqa
And by the moon when it is at the full.
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
Waalqamari itha ittasaqa
You shall certainly travel from stage to stage (in this life and in the Hereafter).
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin
What is the matter with them, that they believe not?
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,
Fama lahum la yuminoona
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]?
Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona
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,
Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona
And Allah knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds),
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona
So announce to them a painful torment.
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin
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.
Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin