Verses 1–21

إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ﴿١﴾

84:1When the sky is split open³

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ﴿٢﴾

84:2and gives ear to its Lord as it should.⁴

وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ﴿٣﴾

84:3When the earth is spread out⁵

وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ﴿٤﴾

84:4and throws out what is in it, emptying itself,⁶

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ﴿٥﴾

84:5and gives ear to its Lord as it should.

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًۭا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ﴿٦﴾

84:6O man! You are labouring toward your Lord laboriously, and you will encounter Him.⁷

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ﴿٧﴾

84:7Then, as for him who is given his record [of deeds] in his right hand,

فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًۭا يَسِيرًۭا﴿٨﴾

84:8he will receive an easy reckoning,

وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًۭا﴿٩﴾

84:9and he will return to his folks joyfully.

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ﴿١٠﴾

84:10But as for him who is given his record from behind his back,

فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًۭا﴿١١﴾

84:11he will pray for annihilation⁸

وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا﴿١٢﴾

84:12and enter the Blaze.

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا﴿١٣﴾

84:13Indeed he used to be joyful among his folk,

إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ﴿١٤﴾

84:14and he thought that he would never return.⁹

بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًۭا﴿١٥﴾

84:15Yes, his Lord had been watching him.

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ﴿١٦﴾

84:16I swear by the evening glow,¹⁰

وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ﴿١٧﴾

84:17by the night and what it is fraught with,¹¹

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ﴿١٨﴾

84:18by the moon when it blooms full:¹²

لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍۢ﴿١٩﴾

84:19you will surely fare from stage to stage.¹³

فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ﴿٢٠﴾

84:20What is the matter with them that they will not believe,

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩﴿٢١﴾

84:21and will not prostrate when the Quran is recited to them?