Chapter 84, 25 verses
When the sky has split [open]
When the sky is rent asunder,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انشقت
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, and it must needs (do so); -
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And when the earth has been extended
And when the earth is flattened out,
وإذا الأرض مدت
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) empty,
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, - and it must needs (do so); - (then will come Home the full reality).
وأذنت لربها وحقت
O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.
O thou man! Verily thou art ever toiling on towards thy Lord - painfully toiling, - but thou shalt meet Him.
يا أيها الإنسان إنك كادح إلى ربك كدحا فملاقيه
Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,
Then he who is given his Record in his right hand,
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه
He will be judged with an easy account
Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
And return to his people in happiness.
And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
But he who is given his Record behind his back, -
وأما من أوتي كتابه وراء ظهره
He will cry out for destruction
Soon will he cry for perdition,
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
And he will enter a Blazing Fire.
ويصلى سعيرا
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing!
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)!
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.
Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of him!
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
So I swear by the twilight glow
So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset;
فلا أقسم بالشفق
And [by] the night and what it envelops
The Night and its Homing;
والليل وما وسق
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
And the Moon in her fullness:
والقمر إذا اتسق
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,
What then 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 read to them, they fall not prostrate,
وإذا قرئ عليهم القرآن لا يسجدون ۩
But those who have disbelieved deny,
But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
But Allah has full knowledge of what they secrete (in their breasts)
والله أعلم بما يوعون
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.
Except to those who believe and work righteous deeds: For them is a Reward that will never fail.
إلا الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات لهم أجر غير ممنون