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,
When the heaven bursts asunder,
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
And obeys its Lord and it must.
And when the earth has been extended
And when the earth is stretched forth,
And when the earth is stretched,
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
And has cast out all that was in it and became empty.
And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
And obeys its Lord and it must.
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).
O man! surely you must strive (to attain) to your Lord, a hard striving until you meet Him.
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,
Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand,
He will be judged with an easy account
He surely will receive an easy reckoning,
He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,
And return to his people in happiness.
And will return to his family in joy!
And he shall go back to his people joyful.
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,
And as to him who is given his book behind his back,
He will cry out for destruction
He will invoke (for his) destruction,
He shall call for perdition,
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
And he shall enter a blazing Fire, and be made to taste its burning.
And enter into burning fire.
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
Verily, he was among his people in joy!
Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to Us)!
Surely he thought that he would never return.
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.
Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!
Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.
So I swear by the twilight glow
So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;
But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,
And [by] the night and what it envelops
And by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness,
And the night and that which it drives on,
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
And by the moon when it is at the full.
And the moon when it grows full,
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
You shall certainly travel from stage to stage (in this life and in the Hereafter).
That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,
What is the matter with them, that they believe not?
But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,
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.
And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance?
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.).
Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
And Allah knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds),
And Allah knows best what they hide,
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
So announce to them a painful torment.
So announce to them a painful punishment~
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).
Except those who believe and do good; for them is a reward that shall never be cut off.