Chapter 84, 25 verses
When the sky has split [open]
When the heaven bursts asunder,
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
And obeys its Lord and it must.
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
And when the earth has been extended
And when the earth is stretched,
And when the earth is spread out
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,
And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -
And obeys its Lord and it must.
And attentive to her Lord in fear!
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.
Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence).
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,
Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
He will be judged with an easy account
He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
And return to his people in happiness.
And he shall go back to his people joyful.
And will return unto his folk in joy.
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
And as to him who is given his book behind his back,
But whoso is given his account behind his back,
He will cry out for destruction
He shall call for perdition,
He surely will invoke destruction
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
And enter into burning fire.
And be thrown to scorching fire.
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
Surely he thought that he would never return.
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.
Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
So I swear by the twilight glow
But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
And [by] the night and what it envelops
And the night and that which it drives on,
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
And the moon when it grows full,
And by the moon when she is at the full,
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,
But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
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?
And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah) ?
But those who have disbelieved deny,
Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
And Allah knows best what they hide,
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
So announce to them a painful punishment~
So give them tidings of a painful doom,
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.
Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.