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
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
And when the earth has been extended
And when the earth is spread out
Waitha alardu muddat
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
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -
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.
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,
Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi
He will be judged with an easy account
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran
And return to his people in happiness.
And will return unto his folk in joy.
Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran
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
He will cry out for destruction
He surely will invoke destruction
Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
And be thrown to scorching fire.
Wayasla saAAeeran
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran
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
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
So I swear by the twilight glow
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi
And [by] the night and what it envelops
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
Waallayli wama wasaqa
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
And by the moon when she is at the full,
Waalqamari itha ittasaqa
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
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,
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]?
And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah) ?
Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona
But those who have disbelieved deny,
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
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.
Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.
Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin