Chapter 84, 25 verses
When the sky is rent asunder,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انشقت
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most 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 listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
And when the earth is flattened out,
وإذا الأرض مدت
And when the earth is stretched forth,
And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) empty,
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
And has cast out all that was in it and became 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 listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must 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
O man! Verily, you are returning towards your Lord with your deeds and actions (good or bad), a sure returning, and you will meet (the results of your deeds which you did).
Then he who is given his Record in his right hand,
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه
Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand,
Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
He surely will receive an easy reckoning,
And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
And will return to his family in joy!
But he who is given his Record behind his back, -
وأما من أوتي كتابه وراء ظهره
But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,
Soon will he cry for perdition,
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
He will invoke (for his) destruction,
And he will enter a Blazing Fire.
ويصلى سعيرا
And he shall enter a blazing Fire, and be made to taste its burning.
Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing!
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
Verily, he was among his people in joy!
Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)!
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to Us)!
Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of him!
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!
So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset;
فلا أقسم بالشفق
So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;
The Night and its Homing;
والليل وما وسق
And by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness,
And the Moon in her fullness:
والقمر إذا اتسق
And by the moon when it is at the full.
Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
You shall certainly travel from stage to stage (in this life and in the Hereafter).
What then is the matter with them, that they believe not? -
فما لهم لا يؤمنون
What is the matter with them, 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 Qur'an is recited to them, they fall not prostrate.
But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
Nay, those who disbelieve belie (Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and whatever he brought, i.e. this Qur'an and Islamic Monotheism, etc.).
But Allah has full knowledge of what they secrete (in their breasts)
والله أعلم بما يوعون
And Allah knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds),
So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
So announce to them a painful torment.
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 righteous good deeds, for them is a reward that will never come to an end (i.e. Paradise).