Chapter 84, 25 verses
When the sky is rent asunder,
Itha alssamao inshaqqat
When the sky has split [open]
When the heaven bursts asunder,
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, and it must needs (do so); -
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
And obeys its Lord and it must.
And when the earth is flattened out,
Waitha alardu muddat
And when the earth has been extended
And when the earth is stretched,
And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) empty,
Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, - and it must needs (do so); - (then will come Home the full reality).
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -
And obeys its Lord and it must.
O thou man! Verily thou art ever toiling on towards thy Lord - painfully toiling, - but thou shalt meet Him.
Ya ayyuha alinsanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi
O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.
O man! surely you must strive (to attain) to your Lord, a hard striving until you meet Him.
Then he who is given his Record in his right hand,
Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi
Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,
Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand,
Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,
Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran
He will be judged with an easy account
He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,
And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!
Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran
And return to his people in happiness.
And he shall go back to his people joyful.
But he who is given his Record behind his back, -
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
And as to him who is given his book behind his back,
Soon will he cry for perdition,
Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran
He will cry out for destruction
He shall call for perdition,
And he will enter a Blazing Fire.
Wayasla saAAeeran
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
And enter into burning fire.
Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing!
Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.
Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)!
Innahu thanna an lan yahoora
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
Surely he thought that he would never return.
Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of him!
Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.
Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.
So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset;
Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi
So I swear by the twilight glow
But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,
The Night and its Homing;
Waallayli wama wasaqa
And [by] the night and what it envelops
And the night and that which it drives on,
And the Moon in her fullness:
Waalqamari itha ittasaqa
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
And the moon when it grows full,
Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.
Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.
What then is the matter with them, that they believe not? -
Fama lahum la yuminoona
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,
But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,
And when the Qur'an is read to them, they fall not prostrate,
Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona
And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?
And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance?
But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).
Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona
But those who have disbelieved deny,
Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.
But Allah has full knowledge of what they secrete (in their breasts)
WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
And Allah knows best what they hide,
So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,
Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
So announce to them a painful punishment~
Except to those who believe and work righteous deeds: For them is a Reward that will never fail.
Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin
Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.
Except those who believe and do good; for them is a reward that shall never be cut off.