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