Read the surah · Surah 84
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Twenty-five verses on the sky splitting and the earth flattened and emptying itself of what is in it, both described as listening to their Lord and doing what is right for them to do. Then man, addressed directly as labouring toward his Lord and about to meet Him.
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إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ
Easy-read (simplified)idhaa s-samaa'u nshaqqat
DIN 31635ʾiḏā s-samāʾu nšaqqat
When the sky is ruptured.
When the heaven is split asunder
When the heaven is rent asunder
WHEN the Heaven shall have SPLIT ASUNDER
When the heaven shall be rent in sunder
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
Easy-read (simplified)wa'adhinat lirabbihaa wahuqqat
DIN 31635waʾaḏinat lirabbihā waḥuqqat
The translators word this verse differently
And hearkens to its Lord, as it must.
And attentive to her Lord in fear
and gives ear unto its Lord, and is dutiful
And duteously obeyed its Lord
and shall obey its Lord, and shall be capable thereof
وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ
Easy-read (simplified)wa'idhaa l-'ardu muddat
DIN 31635waʾiḏā l-ʾarḍu muddat
And when the earth is leveled out.
And when the earth is spread out
And when the earth is stretched out
And when Earth shall have been stretched out as a plain
and when the earth shall be stretched out
وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ
Easy-read (simplified)wa'alqat maa feehaa watakhallat
DIN 31635waʾalqat mā fīhā wataḫallat
The translators word this verse differently
And casts out what is in it, and becomes empty.
And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
and casts forth what is in it, and is empty
And shall have cast forth what was in her and become empty
and shall cast forth that which is therein, and shall remain empty
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
Easy-read (simplified)wa'adhinat lirabbihaa wahuqqat
DIN 31635waʾaḏinat lirabbihā waḥuqqat
The translators word this verse differently
And hearkens to its Lord, as it must.
And attentive to her Lord in fear
and gives ear unto its Lord, and is dutiful
And duteously obeyed its Lord
and shall obey its Lord, and shall be capable thereof
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ
Easy-read (simplified)yaa ayyuhaa l-'insaanu innaka kaadihun ilaa rabbika kadhan famulaaqeeh
DIN 31635yā ʾayyuhā l-ʾinsānu ʾinnaka kādiḥun ʾilā rabbika kadḥan famulāqīhi
The translators word this verse differently
O man! You are laboring towards your Lord, and you will meet Him.
Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence)
O man! verily, thou are toiling after thy Lord, toiling; wherefore shalt thou meet Him
Then verily, O man, who desirest to reach thy Lord, shalt thou meet him
O man, verily labouring thou labourest to meet thy Lord, and thou shalt meet Him
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ
Easy-read (simplified)fa'ammaa man ootiya kitaabahu biyameenih
DIN 31635faʾammā man ʾūtiya kitābahu biyamīnihi
As for him who is given his book in his right hand.
Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
And as for him who is given his book in his right hand
And he into whose right hand his Book shall be given
And he who shall have his book given into his right hand
فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا
Easy-read (simplified)fasawfa yuhaasabu hisaaban yaseeraa
DIN 31635fasawfa yuḥāsabu ḥisāban yasīran
The translators word this verse differently
He will have an easy settlement.
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
he shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning
Shall be reckoned with in an easy reckoning
shall be called to an easy account
وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا
Easy-read (simplified)wayanqalibu ilaa ahlihi masrooraa
DIN 31635wayanqalibu ʾilā ʾahlihi masrūran
The translators word this verse differently
And will return to his family delighted.
And will return unto his folk in joy
and he shall go back to his family joyfully
And shall turn, rejoicing, to his kindred
and shall turn unto his family with joy
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ
Easy-read (simplified)wa'ammaa man ootiya kitaabahu waraa'a zahrih
DIN 31635waʾammā man ʾūtiya kitābahu warāʾa ẓahrihi
But as for him who is given his book behind his back.
But whoso is given his account behind his back
But as for him who is given his book behind his back
But he whose Book shall be given him behind his back
But he who shall have his book given him behind his back
فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًا
Easy-read (simplified)fasawfa yad'oo thubooraa
DIN 31635fasawfa yadʿū ṯubūran
The translators word this verse differently
He will call for death.
He surely will invoke destruction
he shall call out for destruction
Shall invoke destruction
shall invoke destruction to fall upon him
وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا
Easy-read (simplified)wayaslaa sa'eeraa
DIN 31635wayaṣlā saʿīran
The translators word this verse differently
And will enter the Blaze.
And be thrown to scorching fire
but he shall broil in a blaze
But in the fire shall he burn
and he shall be sent into hell to be burned
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا
Easy-read (simplified)innahu kaana fee ahlihi masrooraa
DIN 31635ʾinnahu kāna fī ʾahlihi masrūran
The translators word this verse differently
He used to be happy among his family.
He verily lived joyous with his folk
Verily, he was amongst his family joyful
For that he lived joyously among his kindred
because he rejoiced insolently amidst his family on earth
إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ
Easy-read (simplified)innahu zanna an lan yahoor
DIN 31635ʾinnahu ẓanna ʾan lan yaḥūra
He thought he would never return.
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah)
Verily, he thought that he should never return to God
Without a thought that he should return to God
Verily he thought that he should never return unto God
بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًا
Easy-read (simplified)balaa inna rabbahu kaana bihi baseeraa
DIN 31635balā ʾinna rabbahu kāna bihi baṣīran
In fact, his Lord was watching him.
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him
Yea, verily, his Lord on him did look
Yea, but his Lord beheld him
Yea verily; but his Lord beheld him
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ
Easy-read (simplified)falaa uqsimu bish-shafaq
DIN 31635falā ʾuqsimu biš-šafaqi
The translators word this verse differently
I swear by the twilight.
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset
I need not swear by the evening glow
It needs not therefore that I swear by the sunset redness
Wherefore I swear by the redness of the sky after sun-set
وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ
Easy-read (simplified)wallayli wamaa wasaq
DIN 31635wallayli wamā wasaqa
And by the night, and what it covers.
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth
Or by the night, and what it drives together
And by the night and its gatherings
and by the night, and the animals which it driveth together
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ
Easy-read (simplified)wal-qamari idhaa tasaq
DIN 31635wal-qamari ʾiḏā tasaqa
And by the moon, as it grows full.
And by the moon when she is at the full
Or by the moon when it is at its full
And by the moon when at her full
and by the moon when she is at the full
لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ
Easy-read (simplified)latarkabunna tabaqan 'an tabaq
DIN 31635latarkabunna ṭabaqan ʿan ṭabaqin
The translators word this verse differently
You will mount stage by stage.
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane
Ye shall be surely transferred from state to state
That from state to state shall ye be surely carried onward
ye shall surely be transferred successively from state to state
فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)famaa lahum laa yu'minoon
DIN 31635famā lahum lā yuʾminūna
What is the matter with them that they do not believe?
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
What ails them that they do not believe
What then hath come to them that they believe not
What aileth them, therefore, that they believe not the resurrection
وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)wa'idhaa quri'a 'alayhimu l-qur'aanu laa yasjudoon
DIN 31635waʾiḏā quriʾa ʿalayhimu l-qurʾānu lā yasǧudūna
And when the Quran is read to them, they do not bow down?
And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah)
and, when the Koran is read to them, do not adore
And that when the Koran is recited to them they adore not
and that, when the Koran is read unto them, they worship not
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)bali lladheena kafaroo yukadhdhiboon
DIN 31635bali llaḏīna kafarū yukaḏḏibūna
The translators word this verse differently
In fact, those who disbelieve are in denial.
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny
Nay, those who misbelieve do say it is a lie
Yea, the unbelievers treat it as a lie
Yea: The unbelievers accuse the same of imposture
وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)wallaahu a'lamu bimaa yoo'oon
DIN 31635wallāhu ʾaʿlamu bimā yūʿūna
The translators word this verse differently
But God knows what they hide inside.
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding
but God knows best the (malice) that they hide
But God knoweth their secret hatreds
But God well knoweth the malice which they keep hidden in their breasts
فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
Easy-read (simplified)fabashshirhum bi'adhaabin aleem
DIN 31635fabašširhum biʿaḏābin ʾalīmin
The translators word this verse differently
So inform them of a painful punishment.
So give them tidings of a painful doom
So give them the glad tidings of grievous woe
Let their only tidings be those of painful punishment
Wherefore denounce unto them a grievous punishment
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ
Easy-read (simplified)illaa lladheena aamanoo wa'amiloo s-saalihaati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoon
DIN 31635ʾillā llaḏīna ʾāmanū waʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti lahum ʾaǧrun ġayru mamnūnin
The translators word this verse differently
Except those who believe and do good deeds; they will have an undiminished reward.
Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing
save those who believe and act aright, for them is hire that is not grudged
Save to those who believe and do the things that be right. An unfailing recompense shall be theirs
except those who believe and do good works: For them is prepared a never failing reward
Arabic textTanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) ·Uthmani, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
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Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an ·1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an ·1734 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an ·1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
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Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com https://clearquran.com