بِسمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحمـٰنِ الرَّحيمِ إِذَا السَّماءُ انشَقَّت

When the sky has split [open]

وَأَذِنَت لِرَبِّها وَحُقَّت

And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]

وَإِذَا الأَرضُ مُدَّت

And when the earth has been extended

وَأَلقَت ما فيها وَتَخَلَّت

And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]

وَأَذِنَت لِرَبِّها وَحُقَّت

And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -

يا أَيُّهَا الإِنسانُ إِنَّكَ كادِحٌ إِلىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدحًا فَمُلاقيهِ

O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.

فَأَمّا مَن أوتِيَ كِتابَهُ بِيَمينِهِ

Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,

فَسَوفَ يُحاسَبُ حِسابًا يَسيرًا

He will be judged with an easy account

وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلىٰ أَهلِهِ مَسرورًا

And return to his people in happiness.

وَأَمّا مَن أوتِيَ كِتابَهُ وَراءَ ظَهرِهِ

But as for he who is given his record behind his back,

فَسَوفَ يَدعو ثُبورًا

He will cry out for destruction

وَيَصلىٰ سَعيرًا

And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

إِنَّهُ كانَ في أَهلِهِ مَسرورًا

Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;

إِنَّهُ ظَنَّ أَن لَن يَحورَ

Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].

بَلىٰ إِنَّ رَبَّهُ كانَ بِهِ بَصيرًا

But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.

فَلا أُقسِمُ بِالشَّفَقِ

So I swear by the twilight glow

وَاللَّيلِ وَما وَسَقَ

And [by] the night and what it envelops

وَالقَمَرِ إِذَا اتَّسَقَ

And [by] the moon when it becomes full

لَتَركَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ

[That] you will surely experience state after state.

فَما لَهُم لا يُؤمِنونَ

So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,

وَإِذا قُرِئَ عَلَيهِمُ القُرآنُ لا يَسجُدونَ ۩

And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?

بَلِ الَّذينَ كَفَروا يُكَذِّبونَ

But those who have disbelieved deny,

وَاللَّهُ أَعلَمُ بِما يوعونَ

And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.

فَبَشِّرهُم بِعَذابٍ أَليمٍ

So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

إِلَّا الَّذينَ آمَنوا وَعَمِلُوا الصّالِحاتِ لَهُم أَجرٌ غَيرُ مَمنونٍ

Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.