بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ ﴿1﴾
Ahmed Ali
WHEN THE SKY is cleft asunder,
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وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ ﴿2﴾
Ahmed Ali
And hearkens to its Lord and is dutiful,
وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ ﴿3﴾
Ahmed Ali
When the earth is stretched out taut
وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ ﴿4﴾
Ahmed Ali
And throws out whatever it contains and is empty,
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ ﴿5﴾
Ahmed Ali
And hearkens to its Lord and is dutiful,
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًۭا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ ﴿6﴾
Ahmed Ali
O man, you have to strive and go on striving towards your Lord, then will you meet Him.
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ ﴿7﴾
Ahmed Ali
And he who is given his ledger in his right hand
فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًۭا يَسِيرًۭا ﴿8﴾
Ahmed Ali
Will have an easy reckoning,
وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًۭا ﴿9﴾
Ahmed Ali
And will return to his people full of joy.
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ ﴿10﴾
Ahmed Ali
But he who is given his ledger from behind his back
فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًۭا ﴿11﴾
Ahmed Ali
Will pray for death,
وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا ﴿12﴾
Ahmed Ali
But will be roasted in the fire.
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا ﴿13﴾
Ahmed Ali
He lived rejoicing among his people,
إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ ﴿14﴾
Ahmed Ali
Never thinking he will return.
بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًۭا ﴿15﴾
Ahmed Ali
Why not? His Lord was always watching him.
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ ﴿16﴾
Ahmed Ali
So indeed I call to witness the evening twilight,
وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ ﴿17﴾
Ahmed Ali
And the night and all it gathers,
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ ﴿18﴾
Ahmed Ali
And the moon when at the full,
لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍۢ ﴿19﴾
Ahmed Ali
That you will climb from stage to stage.
فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿20﴾
Ahmed Ali
So, wherefore do they not believe?
وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩ ﴿21﴾
Ahmed Ali
And when the Qur'an is recited to them do not bow in adoration?
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ ﴿22﴾
Ahmed Ali
In fact the unbelievers disavow.
وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ ﴿23﴾
Ahmed Ali
But God knows what they harbour in their breasts.
فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ ﴿24﴾
Ahmed Ali
So give them news of painful punishment,
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ ﴿25﴾
Ahmed Ali
Except those who believe and do the right: For them there is reward unending.