Chapter 84, 25 verses
When the sky has split [open]
When the heaven bursts asunder,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انشقت
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
And obeys its Lord and it must.
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And when the earth has been extended
And when the earth is stretched,
وإذا الأرض مدت
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -
And obeys its Lord and it must.
وأذنت لربها وحقت
O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.
O man! surely you must strive (to attain) to your Lord, a hard striving until you meet Him.
يا أيها الإنسان إنك كادح إلى ربك كدحا فملاقيه
Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,
Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand,
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه
He will be judged with an easy account
He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
And return to his people in happiness.
And he shall go back to his people joyful.
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
And as to him who is given his book behind his back,
وأما من أوتي كتابه وراء ظهره
He will cry out for destruction
He shall call for perdition,
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
And enter into burning fire.
ويصلى سعيرا
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
Surely he thought that he would never return.
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.
Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
So I swear by the twilight glow
But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,
فلا أقسم بالشفق
And [by] the night and what it envelops
And the night and that which it drives on,
والليل وما وسق
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
And the moon when it grows full,
والقمر إذا اتسق
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,
But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,
فما لهم لا يؤمنون
And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?
And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance?
وإذا قرئ عليهم القرآن لا يسجدون ۩
But those who have disbelieved deny,
Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
And Allah knows best what they hide,
والله أعلم بما يوعون
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
So announce to them a painful punishment~
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.
Except those who believe and do good; for them is a reward that shall never be cut off.
إلا الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات لهم أجر غير ممنون