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
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder,
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
And when the earth has been extended
And when the earth is spread out
And when the earth is stretched forth,
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
And has cast out all that was in it and became empty.
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -
And attentive to her Lord in fear!
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
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).
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).
Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,
Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand,
He will be judged with an easy account
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
He surely will receive an easy reckoning,
And return to his people in happiness.
And will return unto his folk in joy.
And will return to his family in joy!
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
But whoso is given his account behind his back,
But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,
He will cry out for destruction
He surely will invoke destruction
He will invoke (for his) destruction,
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
And be thrown to scorching fire.
And he shall enter a blazing Fire, and be made to taste its burning.
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
Verily, he was among his people in joy!
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to Us)!
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!
So I swear by the twilight glow
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;
And [by] the night and what it envelops
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
And by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness,
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
And by the moon when she is at the full,
And by the moon when it is at the full.
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
You shall certainly travel from stage to stage (in this life and in the Hereafter).
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
What is the matter with them, that they believe not?
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) ?
And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they fall not prostrate.
But those who have disbelieved deny,
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
Nay, those who disbelieve belie (Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and whatever he brought, i.e. this Qur'an and Islamic Monotheism, etc.).
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
And Allah knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds),
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
So give them tidings of a painful doom,
So announce to them a painful torment.
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.
Save those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them is a reward that will never come to an end (i.e. Paradise).