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]
When the sky is rent asunder,
إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, and it must needs (do so); -
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
And when the earth is stretched forth,
And when the earth has been extended
And when the earth is flattened out,
وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ
And has cast out all that was in it and became empty.
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) empty,
وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, - and it must needs (do so); - (then will come Home the full reality).
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).
O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.
O thou man! Verily thou art ever toiling on towards thy Lord - painfully toiling, - but thou shalt meet Him.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ
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,
Then he who is given his Record in his right hand,
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ
He surely will receive an easy reckoning,
He will be judged with an easy account
Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,
فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا
And will return to his family in joy!
And return to his people in happiness.
And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!
وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا
But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
But he who is given his Record behind his back, -
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ
He will invoke (for his) destruction,
He will cry out for destruction
Soon will he cry for perdition,
فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًا
And he shall enter a blazing Fire, and be made to taste its burning.
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
And he will enter a Blazing Fire.
وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا
Verily, he was among his people in joy!
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing!
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا
Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to Us)!
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)!
إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ
Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.
Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of him!
بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًا
So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;
So I swear by the twilight glow
So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset;
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ
And by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness,
And [by] the night and what it envelops
The Night and its Homing;
وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ
And by the moon when it is at the full.
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
And the Moon in her fullness:
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ
You shall certainly travel from stage to stage (in this life and in the Hereafter).
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.
لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ
What is the matter with them, that they believe not?
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,
What then 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.
And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?
And when the Qur'an is read to them, they fall not prostrate,
وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ 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.).
But those who have disbelieved deny,
But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ
And Allah knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds),
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
But Allah has full knowledge of what they secrete (in their breasts)
وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ
So announce to them a painful torment.
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,
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).
Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.
Except to those who believe and work righteous deeds: For them is a Reward that will never fail.
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ