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,
Itha alssamao inshaqqat
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
And when the earth has been extended
And when the earth is stretched forth,
Waitha alardu muddat
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
And has cast out all that was in it and became empty.
Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
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).
Ya ayyuha alinsanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi
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,
Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi
He will be judged with an easy account
He surely will receive an easy reckoning,
Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran
And return to his people in happiness.
And will return to his family in joy!
Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi
He will cry out for destruction
He will invoke (for his) destruction,
Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
And he shall enter a blazing Fire, and be made to taste its burning.
Wayasla saAAeeran
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
Verily, he was among his people in joy!
Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to Us)!
Innahu thanna an lan yahoora
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.
Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!
Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran
So I swear by the twilight glow
So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;
Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi
And [by] the night and what it envelops
And by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness,
Waallayli wama wasaqa
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
And by the moon when it is at the full.
Waalqamari itha ittasaqa
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
You shall certainly travel from stage to stage (in this life and in the Hereafter).
Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,
What is the matter with them, that they believe not?
Fama lahum la yuminoona
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.
Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona
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.).
Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
And Allah knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds),
WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
So announce to them a painful torment.
Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin
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).
Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin