Chapter 84, 25 verses
When the sky is rent asunder,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انشقت
When the heaven bursts asunder,
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, and it must needs (do so); -
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And obeys its Lord and it must.
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
And when the earth is flattened out,
وإذا الأرض مدت
And when the earth is stretched,
And when the earth is spread out
And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) empty,
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,
And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
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 obeys its Lord and it must.
And attentive to her Lord in fear!
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
O man! surely you must strive (to attain) to your Lord, a hard striving until you meet Him.
Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence).
Then he who is given his Record in his right hand,
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه
Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand,
Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
And he shall go back to his people joyful.
And will return unto his folk in joy.
But he who is given his Record behind his back, -
وأما من أوتي كتابه وراء ظهره
And as to him who is given his book behind his back,
But whoso is given his account behind his back,
Soon will he cry for perdition,
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
He shall call for perdition,
He surely will invoke destruction
And he will enter a Blazing Fire.
ويصلى سعيرا
And enter into burning fire.
And be thrown to scorching fire.
Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing!
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)!
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
Surely he thought that he would never return.
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of him!
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset;
فلا أقسم بالشفق
But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
The Night and its Homing;
والليل وما وسق
And the night and that which it drives on,
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
And the Moon in her fullness:
والقمر إذا اتسق
And the moon when it grows full,
And by the moon when she is at the full,
Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
What then is the matter with them, that they believe not? -
فما لهم لا يؤمنون
But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
And when the Qur'an is read to them, they fall not prostrate,
وإذا قرئ عليهم القرآن لا يسجدون ۩
And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance?
And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah) ?
But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
But Allah has full knowledge of what they secrete (in their breasts)
والله أعلم بما يوعون
And Allah knows best what they hide,
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
So announce to them a painful punishment~
So give them tidings of a painful doom,
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
Except those who believe and do good; for them is a reward that shall never be cut off.
Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.