Chapter 84, 25 verses
When the sky has split [open]
Itha alssamao inshaqqat
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
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
And when the earth has been extended
Waitha alardu muddat
And when the earth is spread out
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat
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
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
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
Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
He will be judged with an easy account
Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
And return to his people in happiness.
Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran
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
But whoso is given his account behind his back,
He will cry out for destruction
Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran
He surely will invoke destruction
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
Wayasla saAAeeran
And be thrown to scorching fire.
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
Innahu thanna an lan yahoora
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
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
So I swear by the twilight glow
Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
And [by] the night and what it envelops
Waallayli wama wasaqa
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
Waalqamari itha ittasaqa
And by the moon when she is at the full,
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin
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
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
And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah) ?
But those who have disbelieved deny,
Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin
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
Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.