Chapter 84, 25 verses
When the sky is rent asunder,
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder
When the sky has split [open]
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انشقت
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, and it must needs (do so); -
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And when the earth is flattened out,
And when the earth is spread out
And when the earth has been extended
وإذا الأرض مدت
And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) empty,
And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, - and it must needs (do so); - (then will come Home the full reality).
And attentive to her Lord in fear!
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -
وأذنت لربها وحقت
O thou man! Verily thou art ever toiling on towards thy Lord - painfully toiling, - but thou shalt meet Him.
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.
يا أيها الإنسان إنك كادح إلى ربك كدحا فملاقيه
Then he who is given his Record in his right hand,
Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه
Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
He will be judged with an easy account
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!
And will return unto his folk in joy.
And return to his people in happiness.
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
But he who is given his Record behind his back, -
But whoso is given his account behind his back,
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
وأما من أوتي كتابه وراء ظهره
Soon will he cry for perdition,
He surely will invoke destruction
He will cry out for destruction
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
And he will enter a Blazing Fire.
And be thrown to scorching fire.
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
ويصلى سعيرا
Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing!
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)!
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of him!
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset;
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
So I swear by the twilight glow
فلا أقسم بالشفق
The Night and its Homing;
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
And [by] the night and what it envelops
والليل وما وسق
And the Moon in her fullness:
And by the moon when she is at the full,
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
والقمر إذا اتسق
Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
What then is the matter with them, that they believe not? -
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,
فما لهم لا يؤمنون
And when the Qur'an is read to them, they fall not prostrate,
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]?
وإذا قرئ عليهم القرآن لا يسجدون ۩
But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
But those who have disbelieved deny,
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
But Allah has full knowledge of what they secrete (in their breasts)
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
والله أعلم بما يوعون
So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,
So give them tidings of a painful doom,
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
Except to those who believe and work righteous deeds: For them is a Reward that will never fail.
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.
إلا الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات لهم أجر غير ممنون