إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ

Izas samaaa'un shaqqat

WHEN THE SKY is cleft asunder,

Surah Number : 84 , Ayat Number : 1

"وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ"

Wa azinat li Rabbihaa wa huqqat

And hearkens to its Lord and is dutiful,

Surah Number : 84 , Ayat Number : 2

"وَإِذَا الْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ"

Wa izal ardu muddat

When the earth is stretched out taut

Surah Number : 84 , Ayat Number : 3

"وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ"

Wa alqat maa feehaa wa takhallat

And throws out whatever it contains and is empty,

Surah Number : 84 , Ayat Number : 4

"وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ"

Wa azinat li Rabbihaa wa huqqat

And hearkens to its Lord and is dutiful,

Surah Number : 84 , Ayat Number : 5

"يَا أَيُّهَا الْإِنْسَانُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَاقِيهِ"

Yaaa ayyuhal insaanu innaka kaadihun ilaa Rabbika kad han famulaaqeeh

O man, you have to strive and go on striving towards your Lord, then will you meet Him.

Surah Number : 84 , Ayat Number : 6

"فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ"

Fa ammaa man ootiya kitaabahoo biyameenih

And he who is given his ledger in his right hand

Surah Number : 84 , Ayat Number : 7

"فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا"

Fasawfa yuhaasabu hi saabai yaseeraa

Will have an easy reckoning,

Surah Number : 84 , Ayat Number : 8

"وَيَنْقَلِبُ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا"

Wa yanqalibu ilaaa ahlihee masrooraa

And will return to his people full of joy.

Surah Number : 84 , Ayat Number : 9

"وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ وَرَاءَ ظَهْرِهِ"

Wa ammaa man ootiya kitaabahoo waraaa'a zahrih

But he who is given his ledger from behind his back

Surah Number : 84 , Ayat Number : 10

"فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُو ثُبُورًا"

Fasawfa yad'oo subooraa

Will pray for death,

Surah Number : 84 , Ayat Number : 11

"وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا"

Wa yaslaa sa'eeraa

But will be roasted in the fire.

Surah Number : 84 , Ayat Number : 12

"إِنَّهُ كَانَ فِي أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا"

Innahoo kaana feee ahlihee masrooraa

He lived rejoicing among his people,

Surah Number : 84 , Ayat Number : 13

"إِنَّهُ ظَنَّ أَنْ لَنْ يَحُورَ"

Innahoo zanna al lai yahoor

Never thinking he will return.

Surah Number : 84 , Ayat Number : 14

"بَلَىٰ إِنَّ رَبَّهُ كَانَ بِهِ بَصِيرًا"

Balaaa inna Rabbahoo kaana bihee baseeraa

Why not? His Lord was always watching him.

Surah Number : 84 , Ayat Number : 15

"فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالشَّفَقِ"

Falaaa uqsimu bishshafaq

So indeed I call to witness the evening twilight,

Surah Number : 84 , Ayat Number : 16

"وَاللَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ"

Wallaili wa maa wasaq

And the night and all it gathers,

Surah Number : 84 , Ayat Number : 17

"وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا اتَّسَقَ"

Walqamari izat tasaq

And the moon when at the full,

Surah Number : 84 , Ayat Number : 18

"لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَنْ طَبَقٍ"

Latarkabunna tabaqan 'an tabaq

That you will climb from stage to stage.

Surah Number : 84 , Ayat Number : 19

"فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ"

Famaa lahum laa yu'minoon

So, wherefore do they not believe?

Surah Number : 84 , Ayat Number : 20

"وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقُرْآنُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩"

Wa izaa quri'a 'alaihimul Quraanu laa yasjudoon (make sajda)

And when the Qur?an is recited to them do not bow in adoration?

Surah Number : 84 , Ayat Number : 21

"بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يُكَذِّبُونَ"

Balil lazeena kafaroo yukazziboon

In fact the unbelievers disavow.

Surah Number : 84 , Ayat Number : 22

"وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ"

Wallaahu a'lamu bimaa yoo'oon

But God knows what they harbour in their breasts.

Surah Number : 84 , Ayat Number : 23

"فَبَشِّرْهُمْ بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ"

Fabashshirhum bi'azaabin aleem

So give them news of painful punishment,

Surah Number : 84 , Ayat Number : 24

"إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ"

Illal lazeena aamanoo wa 'amilus saalihaati lahum ajrun ghairu mamnoon

Except those who believe and do the right: For them there is reward unending.

Surah Number : 84 , Ayat Number : 25