إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ ١
Itapo chanika mbingu,
When the sky has split [open]
Maana: "Kupasuka"
إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ ١
Itapo chanika mbingu,
When the sky has split [open]
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ ٢
Na ikamsikiliza Mola wake Mlezi, na ikapasiwa kumsikiliza,
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ ٣
Na ardhi itakapo tanuliwa,
And when the earth has been extended
وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ ٤
Na kuvitoa vilivyo kuwa ndani yake, ikawa tupu,
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ ٥
Na ikamsikiliza Mola wake Mlezi, na ikapasiwa kumsikiliza,
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًۭا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ ٦
Ewe mtu! Hakika wewe unajikusuru kwa juhudi kumwendea Mola wako Mlezi, basi utamkuta.
O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ ٧
Ama atakaye pewa daftari lake kwa mkono wa kulia,
Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,
فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًۭا يَسِيرًۭا ٨
Basi huyo atahisabiwa hisabu nyepesi,
He will be judged with an easy account
وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًۭا ٩
Na arudi kwa ahali zake na furaha.
And return to his people in happiness.
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ ١٠
Na ama atakaye pewa daftari lake kwa nyuma ya mgongo wake,
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًۭا ١١
Basi huyo ataomba kuteketea.
He will cry out for destruction
وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا ١٢
Na ataingia Motoni.
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا ١٣
Hakika alikuwa furahani kati ya jamaa zake.
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ ١٤
Huyo hakika alidhani kuwa hatarejea tena.
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًۭا ١٥
Kwani? Hakika Mola wake Mlezi alikuwa akimwona!
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ ١٦
Basi ninaapa kwa wekundu wa jua linapo kuchwa,
So I swear by the twilight glow
وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ ١٧
Na kwa usiku na unavyo vikusanya,
And [by] the night and what it envelops
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ ١٨
Na kwa mwezi unapo pevuka,
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍۢ ١٩
Lazima mtapanda t'abaka kwa t'abaka!
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ٢٠
Basi wana nini hawaamini?
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,
وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩ ٢١
Na wanapo somewa Qur'ani hawasujudu?
And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ ٢٢
Bali walio kufuru wanakanusha tu.
But those who have disbelieved deny,
وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ ٢٣
Na Mwenyezi Mungu anajua wanayo yadhamiria.
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ ٢٤
Basi wabashirie adhabu chungu!
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ ٢٥
Isipo kuwa wale walio amini na wakatenda mema; hao watakuwa na ujira usio malizika.
Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.