Ahmed Ali
جب آسمان پھٹ جائے گا
Ahmed Raza Khan
When the heaven breaks apart.
Arberry
When heaven is rent asunder
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جب آسمان پھٹ جائے گا
When the heaven breaks apart.
When heaven is rent asunder
اور اپنے رب کا حکم سن لے گا اور وہ اسی لائق ہے
And it listens to the command of its Lord – and that befits it.
and gives ear to its Lord, and is fitly disposed;
اور جب زمین پھیلا دی جائے گی
And when the earth is spread out.
when earth is stretched out
اور جو کچھ اس میں ہے ڈال دے گی اور خالی ہو جائے گی
And it unburdens itself of all that is in it, and becomes empty.
and casts forth what is in it, and voids itself,
اور اپنے رب کا حکم سن لے گی اور وہ اسی لائق ہے
And it listens to the command of its Lord – and that befits it.
and gives ear to its Lord, and is fitly disposed!
اے انسان تو اپنے رب کے پاس پہنچنے تک کام میں کوشش کر رہا ہے پھر اس سے جا ملے گا
O man, indeed you have to surely run towards your Lord, and to meet him.
O Man! Thou art labouring unto thy Lord laboriously, and thou shalt encounter Him.
پھر جس کا اعمال نامہ اس کے دائیں ہاتھ میں دیا گیا
So whoever is given his record of deeds in his right hand –
Then as for him who is given his book in his right hand,
تو اس سے آسانی کے ساتھ حساب لیا جائے گا
Soon an easy account will be taken from him.
he shall surely receive an easy reckoning
اور وہ اپنے اہل و عیال میں خوش واپس آئے گا
And he will return to his family rejoicing.
and he will return to his family joyfully.
اور لیکن جس کو نامہٴ اعمال پیٹھ پیچھے سے دیا گیا
And whoever is given his record of deeds behind his back –
But as for him who is given his book behind his back,
تو وہ موت کو پکارے گا
Soon he will pray for death.
he shall call for destruction
اور دوزخ میں داخل ہوگا
And will go into the blazing fire.
and he shall roast at a Blaze.
بے شک وہ اپنے اہل و عیال میں بڑا خوش و خرم تھا
Indeed he used to rejoice in his home.
He once lived among his family joyfully;
بے شک اس نے سمجھ لیا تھا کہ ہر گز نہ لوٹ کر جائے گا
He assumed that he does not have to return.
he surely thought he would never revert.
کیوں نہیں بے شک اس کا رب تو اس کو دیکھ رہا تھا
Surely yes, why not? Indeed his Lord is seeing him.
Yes indeed; his Lord had sight of him.
پس شام کی سرخی کی قسم ہے
So by oath of the late evening’s light.
No! I swear by the twilight
اور رات کی اور جو کچھ اس نے سمیٹا
And by oath of the night and all that gathers in it.
and the night and what it envelops
اور چاند کی جب کہ وہ پورا ہوجائے
And by oath of the moon when it is full.
and the moon when it is at the full,
کہ تمہیں ایک منزل سے دوسری منزل پر چڑھنا ہوگا
You will surely go up level by level.
you shall surely ride stage after stage.
پھر انہیں کیا ہو گیا کہ ایمان نہیں لاتے
What is the matter with them that they do not accept faith?
Then what ails them, that they believe not,
اور جب ان پر قرآن پڑھا جائے تو سجدہ نہیں کرتے
And when the Qur’an is recited to them, they do not fall prostrate? (Command of Prostration # 13)
and when the Koran is recited to them they do not bow?
بلکہ جو لوگ منکر ہیں جھٹلاتے ہیں
In fact the disbelievers keep denying.
Nay, but the unbelievers are crying lies,
اور الله خوب جانتا ہے وہ جو (دل میں) محفوظ رکھتے ہیں
And Allah well knows what they conceal in their hearts.
and God knows very well what they are secreting.
پس انہیں دردناک عذاب کی خوشخبری دے دو
Therefore give them the glad tidings of a painful punishment.
So give them good tidings of a painful chastisement,
مگر جو لوگ ایمان لائے اورانہوں نے نیک عمل کیے ان کے لیے بے انتہا اجر ہے
Except those who believed and did good deeds – for them is a reward that will never end.
except those that believe, and do righteous deeds -- theirs shall be a wage unfailing.