Chapter 84, 25 verses
When the sky has split [open]
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انشقت
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And when the earth has been extended
And when the earth is stretched forth,
وإذا الأرض مدت
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
And has cast out all that was in it and became empty.
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
وأذنت لربها وحقت
O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.
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).
يا أيها الإنسان إنك كادح إلى ربك كدحا فملاقيه
Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,
Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand,
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه
He will be judged with an easy account
He surely will receive an easy reckoning,
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
And return to his people in happiness.
And will return to his family in joy!
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,
وأما من أوتي كتابه وراء ظهره
He will cry out for destruction
He will invoke (for his) destruction,
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
And he shall enter a blazing Fire, and be made to taste its burning.
ويصلى سعيرا
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
Verily, he was among his people in joy!
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to Us)!
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.
Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
So I swear by the twilight glow
So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;
فلا أقسم بالشفق
And [by] the night and what it envelops
And by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness,
والليل وما وسق
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
And by the moon when it is at the full.
والقمر إذا اتسق
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
You shall certainly travel from stage to stage (in this life and in the Hereafter).
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,
What is the matter with them, that they believe not?
فما لهم لا يؤمنون
And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?
And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they fall not prostrate.
وإذا قرئ عليهم القرآن لا يسجدون ۩
But those who have disbelieved deny,
Nay, those who disbelieve belie (Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and whatever he brought, i.e. this Qur'an and Islamic Monotheism, etc.).
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
And Allah knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds),
والله أعلم بما يوعون
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
So announce to them a painful torment.
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.
Save those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them is a reward that will never come to an end (i.e. Paradise).
إلا الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات لهم أجر غير ممنون