When the sky has split [open]
Itha alssamao inshaqqat
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder,
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder
Chapter 84, 25 verses
When the sky has split [open]
Itha alssamao inshaqqat
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is split 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]
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
And when the earth has been extended
Waitha alardu muddat
And when the earth is stretched forth,
And when the earth is spread out
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat
And has cast out all that was in it and became 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] -
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
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
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).
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 as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand,
Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
He will be judged with an easy account
Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran
He surely will receive an easy reckoning,
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
And return to his people in happiness.
Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran
And will return to his family in joy!
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 whosoever is given his Record behind his back,
But whoso is given his account behind his back,
He will cry out for destruction
Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran
He will invoke (for his) destruction,
He surely will invoke destruction
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
Wayasla saAAeeran
And he shall enter a blazing Fire, and be made to taste its burning.
And be thrown to scorching fire.
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran
Verily, he was among his people in joy!
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
Innahu thanna an lan yahoora
Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to Us)!
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
Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
So I swear by the twilight glow
Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi
So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
And [by] the night and what it envelops
Waallayli wama wasaqa
And by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness,
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 it is at the full.
And by the moon when she is at the full,
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin
You shall certainly travel from stage to stage (in this life and in the Hereafter).
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 is the matter with them, that they believe not?
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 to them, they fall not prostrate.
And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah) ?
But those who have disbelieved deny,
Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona
Nay, those who disbelieve belie (Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and whatever he brought, i.e. this Qur'an and Islamic Monotheism, etc.).
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona
And Allah knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds),
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin
So announce to them a painful torment.
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 righteous good deeds, for them is a reward that will never come to an end (i.e. Paradise).
Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.