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
Itha alssamao inshaqqat
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
And when the earth has been extended
وإذا الأرض مدت
And when the earth is spread out
Waitha alardu muddat
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
Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And attentive to her Lord in fear!
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
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).
Ya ayyuha alinsanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi
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
Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi
He will be judged with an easy account
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran
And return to his people in happiness.
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
And will return unto his folk in joy.
Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran
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,
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi
He will cry out for destruction
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
He surely will invoke destruction
Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
ويصلى سعيرا
And be thrown to scorching fire.
Wayasla saAAeeran
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran
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).
Innahu thanna an lan yahoora
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!
Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran
So I swear by the twilight glow
فلا أقسم بالشفق
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi
And [by] the night and what it envelops
والليل وما وسق
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
Waallayli wama wasaqa
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
والقمر إذا اتسق
And by the moon when she is at the full,
Waalqamari itha ittasaqa
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,
فما لهم لا يؤمنون
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
Fama lahum la yuminoona
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) ?
Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona
But those who have disbelieved deny,
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
والله أعلم بما يوعون
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
So give them tidings of a painful doom,
Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin
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.
Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin