When the heaven bursts asunder,
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
[84-2]
And obeys its Lord and it must.
وَإِذَا الْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ
[84-3]
And when the earth is stretched,
وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ
[84-4]
And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
[84-5]
And obeys its Lord and it must.
يَا أَيُّهَا الْإِنسَانُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَاقِيهِ
[84-6]
O man! surely you must strive (to attain) to your Lord, a hard striving until you meet Him.
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ
[84-7]
Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand,
فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا
[84-8]
He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,
وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا
[84-9]
And he shall go back to his people joyful.
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ وَرَاءَ ظَهْرِهِ
[84-10]
And as to him who is given his book behind his back,
فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُو ثُبُورًا
[84-11]
He shall call for perdition,
وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا
[84-12]
And enter into burning fire.
إِنَّهُ كَانَ فِي أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا
[84-13]
Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.
إِنَّهُ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ
[84-14]
Surely he thought that he would never return.
بَلَىٰ إِنَّ رَبَّهُ كَانَ بِهِ بَصِيرًا
[84-15]
Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالشَّفَقِ
[84-16]
But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,
وَاللَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ
[84-17]
And the night and that which it drives on,
وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا اتَّسَقَ
[84-18]
And the moon when it grows full,
لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ
[84-19]
That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.
فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
[84-20]
But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,
وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقُرْآنُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ
[84-21]
And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance?
بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يُكَذِّبُونَ
[84-22]
Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.
وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ
[84-23]
And Allah knows best what they hide,
فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
[84-24]
So announce to them a painful punishment~
إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ
[84-25]
Except those who believe and do good; for them is a reward that shall never be cut off.