Chapter 84, 25 verses
When the sky has split [open]
When the sky is rent asunder,
Itha alssamao inshaqqat
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]
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, and it must needs (do so); -
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
And when the earth has been extended
And when the earth is flattened out,
Waitha alardu muddat
And when the earth is spread out
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) empty,
Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat
And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
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).
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
And attentive to her Lord in fear!
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.
Ya ayyuha alinsanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi
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,
Then he who is given his Record in his right hand,
Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi
Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
He will be judged with an easy account
Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,
Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
And return to his people in happiness.
And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!
Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran
And will return unto his folk in joy.
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
But he who is given his Record behind his back, -
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi
But whoso is given his account behind his back,
He will cry out for destruction
Soon will he cry for perdition,
Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran
He surely will invoke destruction
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
And he will enter a Blazing Fire.
Wayasla saAAeeran
And be thrown to scorching fire.
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing!
Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)!
Innahu thanna an lan yahoora
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.
Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of him!
Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
So I swear by the twilight glow
So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset;
Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
And [by] the night and what it envelops
The Night and its Homing;
Waallayli wama wasaqa
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
And the Moon in her fullness:
Waalqamari itha ittasaqa
And by the moon when she is at the full,
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.
Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,
What then is the matter with them, that they believe not? -
Fama lahum la yuminoona
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
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,
Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona
And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah) ?
But those who have disbelieved deny,
But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).
Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
But Allah has full knowledge of what they secrete (in their breasts)
WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,
Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin
So give them tidings of a painful doom,
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.
Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin
Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.