Chapter 84, 25 verses
When the sky has split [open]
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انشقت
When the heaven bursts asunder,
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And obeys its Lord and it must.
And when the earth has been extended
وإذا الأرض مدت
And when the earth is stretched,
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
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 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
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 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 shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,
And return to his people in happiness.
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
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
And as to him who is given his book behind his back,
He will cry out for destruction
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
He shall call for perdition,
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
ويصلى سعيرا
And enter into burning fire.
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
Surely he thought that he would never return.
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.
So I swear by the twilight glow
فلا أقسم بالشفق
But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,
And [by] the night and what it envelops
والليل وما وسق
And the night and that which it drives on,
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
والقمر إذا اتسق
And the moon when it grows full,
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
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
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 Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance?
But those who have disbelieved deny,
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
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 knows best what they hide,
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
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
Except those who believe and do good; for them is a reward that shall never be cut off.