Chapter 84, 25 verses
When the sky has split [open]
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder
Itha alssamao inshaqqat
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انشقت
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And when the earth has been extended
And when the earth is spread out
Waitha alardu muddat
وإذا الأرض مدت
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -
And attentive to her Lord in fear!
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
وأذنت لربها وحقت
O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.
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
يا أيها الإنسان إنك كادح إلى ربك كدحا فملاقيه
Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,
Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه
He will be judged with an easy account
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
And return to his people in happiness.
And will return unto his folk in joy.
Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
But whoso is given his account behind his back,
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi
وأما من أوتي كتابه وراء ظهره
He will cry out for destruction
He surely will invoke destruction
Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
And be thrown to scorching fire.
Wayasla saAAeeran
ويصلى سعيرا
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
Innahu thanna an lan yahoora
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
So I swear by the twilight glow
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi
فلا أقسم بالشفق
And [by] the night and what it envelops
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
Waallayli wama wasaqa
والليل وما وسق
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
And by the moon when she is at the full,
Waalqamari itha ittasaqa
والقمر إذا اتسق
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
Fama lahum la yuminoona
فما لهم لا يؤمنون
And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?
And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah) ?
Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona
وإذا قرئ عليهم القرآن لا يسجدون ۩
But those who have disbelieved deny,
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona
والله أعلم بما يوعون
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
So give them tidings of a painful doom,
Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.
Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.
Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin
إلا الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات لهم أجر غير ممنون