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1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder,

1 Itha alssamao inshaqqat

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder

2 And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.

2 Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

2 And attentive to her Lord in fear,

3 And when the earth is stretched forth,

3 Waitha alardu muddat

3 And when the earth is spread out

4 And has cast out all that was in it and became empty.

4 Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat

4 And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty

5 And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.

5 Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

5 And attentive to her Lord in fear!

6 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).

6 Ya ayyuha alinsanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi

6 Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence).

7 Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand,

7 Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi

7 Then whoso is given his account in his right hand

8 He surely will receive an easy reckoning,

8 Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran

8 He truly will receive an easy reckoning

9 And will return to his family in joy!

9 Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran

9 And will return unto his folk in joy.

10 But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,

10 Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi

10 But whoso is given his account behind his back,

11 He will invoke (for his) destruction,

11 Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran

11 He surely will invoke destruction

12 And he shall enter a blazing Fire, and be made to taste its burning.

12 Wayasla saAAeeran

12 And be thrown to scorching fire.

13 Verily, he was among his people in joy!

13 Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran

13 He verily lived joyous with his folk,

14 Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to Us)!

14 Innahu thanna an lan yahoora

14 He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).

15 Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!

15 Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran

15 Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!

16 So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;

16 Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi

16 Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,

17 And by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness,

17 Waallayli wama wasaqa

17 And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,

18 And by the moon when it is at the full.

18 Waalqamari itha ittasaqa

18 And by the moon when she is at the full,

19 You shall certainly travel from stage to stage (in this life and in the Hereafter).

19 Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin

19 That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.

20 What is the matter with them, that they believe not?

20 Fama lahum la yuminoona

20 What aileth them, then, that they believe not

21 And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they fall not prostrate.

21 Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona

21 And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah) ?

22 Nay, those who disbelieve belie (Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and whatever he brought, i.e. this Qur'an and Islamic Monotheism, etc.).

22 Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona

22 Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;

23 And Allah knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds),

23 WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona

23 And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.

24 So announce to them a painful torment.

24 Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin

24 So give them tidings of a painful doom,

25 Save those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them is a reward that will never come to an end (i.e. Paradise).

25 Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin

25 Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.