Chapter 84, 25 verses
When the sky has split [open]
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انشقت
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder
When the heaven bursts asunder,
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
And obeys its Lord and it must.
And when the earth has been extended
وإذا الأرض مدت
And when the earth is spread out
And when the earth is stretched,
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And attentive to her Lord in fear!
And obeys its Lord and it must.
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
Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence).
O man! surely you must strive (to attain) to your Lord, a hard striving until you meet Him.
Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه
Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand,
He will be judged with an easy account
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,
And return to his people in happiness.
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
And will return unto his folk in joy.
And he shall go back to his people joyful.
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
وأما من أوتي كتابه وراء ظهره
But whoso is given his account behind his back,
And as to him who is given his book behind his back,
He will cry out for destruction
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
He surely will invoke destruction
He shall call for perdition,
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
ويصلى سعيرا
And be thrown to scorching fire.
And enter into burning fire.
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
Surely he thought that he would never return.
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.
So I swear by the twilight glow
فلا أقسم بالشفق
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,
And [by] the night and what it envelops
والليل وما وسق
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
And the night and that which it drives on,
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
والقمر إذا اتسق
And by the moon when she is at the full,
And the moon when it grows full,
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,
فما لهم لا يؤمنون
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,
And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?
وإذا قرئ عليهم القرآن لا يسجدون ۩
And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah) ?
And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance?
But those who have disbelieved deny,
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
والله أعلم بما يوعون
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
And Allah knows best what they hide,
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
So give them tidings of a painful doom,
So announce to them a painful punishment~
Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.
إلا الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات لهم أجر غير ممنون
Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.
Except those who believe and do good; for them is a reward that shall never be cut off.