When the sky has split [open]
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انشقت
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder,
When the sky is rent asunder,
Chapter 84, 25 verses
When the sky has split [open]
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انشقت
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder,
When the sky is rent asunder,
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, and it must needs (do so); -
And when the earth has been extended
وإذا الأرض مدت
And when the earth is stretched forth,
And when the earth is flattened out,
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
And has cast out all that was in it and became empty.
And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) empty,
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, - and it must needs (do so); - (then will come Home the full reality).
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! 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 thou man! Verily thou art ever toiling on towards thy Lord - painfully toiling, - but thou shalt meet Him.
Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه
Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand,
Then he who is given his Record in his right hand,
He will be judged with an easy account
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
He surely will receive an easy reckoning,
Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,
And return to his people in happiness.
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
And will return to his family in joy!
And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
وأما من أوتي كتابه وراء ظهره
But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,
But he who is given his Record behind his back, -
He will cry out for destruction
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
He will invoke (for his) destruction,
Soon will he cry for perdition,
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
ويصلى سعيرا
And he shall enter a blazing Fire, and be made to taste its burning.
And he will enter a Blazing Fire.
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
Verily, he was among his people in joy!
Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing!
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to Us)!
Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)!
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!
Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of him!
So I swear by the twilight glow
فلا أقسم بالشفق
So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;
So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset;
And [by] the night and what it envelops
والليل وما وسق
And by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness,
The Night and its Homing;
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
والقمر إذا اتسق
And by the moon when it is at the full.
And the Moon in her fullness:
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
You shall certainly travel from stage to stage (in this life and in the Hereafter).
Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,
فما لهم لا يؤمنون
What is the matter with them, that they believe not?
What then is the matter with them, that they believe not? -
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 to them, they fall not prostrate.
And when the Qur'an is read to them, they fall not prostrate,
But those who have disbelieved deny,
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
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 on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
والله أعلم بما يوعون
And Allah knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds),
But Allah has full knowledge of what they secrete (in their breasts)
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
So announce to them a painful torment.
So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,
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 righteous good deeds, for them is a reward that will never come to an end (i.e. Paradise).
Except to those who believe and work righteous deeds: For them is a Reward that will never fail.