Chapter 84, 25 verses
When the sky is rent asunder,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انشقت
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder
Itha alssamao inshaqqat
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, and it must needs (do so); -
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
And when the earth is flattened out,
وإذا الأرض مدت
And when the earth is spread out
Waitha alardu muddat
And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) empty,
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, - and it must needs (do so); - (then will come Home the full reality).
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And attentive to her Lord in fear!
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
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
Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence).
Ya ayyuha alinsanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi
Then he who is given his Record in his right hand,
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه
Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi
Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran
And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
And will return unto his folk in joy.
Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran
But he who is given his Record behind his back, -
وأما من أوتي كتابه وراء ظهره
But whoso is given his account behind his back,
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi
Soon will he cry for perdition,
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
He surely will invoke destruction
Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran
And he will enter a Blazing Fire.
ويصلى سعيرا
And be thrown to scorching fire.
Wayasla saAAeeran
Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing!
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran
Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)!
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
Innahu thanna an lan yahoora
Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of him!
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran
So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset;
فلا أقسم بالشفق
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi
The Night and its Homing;
والليل وما وسق
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
Waallayli wama wasaqa
And the Moon in her fullness:
والقمر إذا اتسق
And by the moon when she is at the full,
Waalqamari itha ittasaqa
Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin
What then is the matter with them, that they believe not? -
فما لهم لا يؤمنون
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
Fama lahum la yuminoona
And when the Qur'an is read to them, they fall not prostrate,
وإذا قرئ عليهم القرآن لا يسجدون ۩
And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah) ?
Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona
But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona
But Allah has full knowledge of what they secrete (in their breasts)
والله أعلم بما يوعون
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona
So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
So give them tidings of a painful doom,
Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin
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
Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.
Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin