بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ bismillāhir raḥmānir raḥīm In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful.
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إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ idhas samā-un shaqqat WHEN THE SKY is cleft asunder,
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وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ wa-adhinat lirabbihā waḥuqqat And hearkens to its Lord and is dutiful,
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وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ wa idhal-arḍu muddat When the earth is stretched out taut
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وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ wa-alqat mā fīhā watakhallat And throws out whatever it contains and is empty,
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وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ wa-adhinat lirabbihā waḥuqqat And hearkens to its Lord and is dutiful,
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يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَـٰقِيهِ yā-ayyuhal-insānu innaka kādiḥun ilā rabbika kad-ḥan famulāqīh O man, you have to strive and go on striving towards your Lord, then will you meet Him.
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فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ fa-ammā man ūtiya kitābahu biyamīnih And he who is given his ledger in his right hand
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فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا fasawfa yuḥāsabu ḥisāban yasīrā Will have an easy reckoning,
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وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا wayanqalibu ilā ahlihi masrūrā And will return to his people full of joy.
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وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ wa-ammā man ūtiya kitābahu warā-a ẓahrih But he who is given his ledger from behind his back
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فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًا fasawfa yad`ū thubūrā Will pray for death,
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وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا wayaṣlā sa`īrā But will be roasted in the fire.
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إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا innahu kāna fī ahlihi masrūrā He lived rejoicing among his people,
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إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ innahu ẓanna an lan yaḥūr Never thinking he will return.
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بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًا balā inna rabbahu kāna bihi baṣīrā Why not? His Lord was always watching him.
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فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ falā uqsimu bish shafaq So indeed I call to witness the evening twilight,
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وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ wal layli wa mā wasaq And the night and all it gathers,
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وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ wal qamari idhat-tasaq And the moon when at the full,
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لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ latarkabunna ṭabaqan `an ṭabaq That you will climb from stage to stage.
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فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ famā lahum lā yu-minūn So, wherefore do they not believe?
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وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩ wa idhā quri-a `alayhimul qur-ānu lā yasjudūn ۩ And when the Qur'an is recited to them do not bow in adoration?
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بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ balil ladhīna kafarū yukadhhibūn In fact the unbelievers disavow.
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وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ wallāhu a`lamu bimā yū`ūn But God knows what they harbour in their breasts.
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فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ fabashhirhum bi`adhābin alīm So give them news of painful punishment,
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إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ illal ladhīna āmanū wa`amiluṣ ṣāliḥāti lahum ajrun ghayru mamnūn Except those who believe and do the right: For them there is reward unending.
