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
When the sky has split [open]
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, and it must needs (do so); -
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
And when the earth is flattened out,
وإذا الأرض مدت
And when the earth is spread out
And when the earth has been extended
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
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
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!
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -
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).
O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.
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
Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,
Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
He will be judged with an easy account
And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
And will return unto his folk in joy.
And return to his people in happiness.
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,
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
Soon will he cry for perdition,
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
He surely will invoke destruction
He will cry out for destruction
And he will enter a Blazing Fire.
ويصلى سعيرا
And be thrown to scorching fire.
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing!
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
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).
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
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!
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.
So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset;
فلا أقسم بالشفق
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
So I swear by the twilight glow
The Night and its Homing;
والليل وما وسق
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
And [by] the night and what it envelops
And the Moon in her fullness:
والقمر إذا اتسق
And by the moon when she is at the full,
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
What then is the matter with them, that they believe not? -
فما لهم لا يؤمنون
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,
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) ?
And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?
But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
But those who have disbelieved deny,
But Allah has full knowledge of what they secrete (in their breasts)
والله أعلم بما يوعون
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
So give them tidings of a painful doom,
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
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.
Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.