الانشقاق

1 Itha alssamao inshaqqat

1 When the sky has split [open]

1 When the heaven bursts asunder,

2 Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

2 And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]

2 And obeys its Lord and it must.

3 Waitha alardu muddat

3 And when the earth has been extended

3 And when the earth is stretched,

4 Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat

4 And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]

4 And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,

5 Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

5 And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -

5 And obeys its Lord and it must.

6 Ya ayyuha alinsanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi

6 O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.

6 O man! surely you must strive (to attain) to your Lord, a hard striving until you meet Him.

7 Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi

7 Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,

7 Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand,

8 Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran

8 He will be judged with an easy account

8 He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,

9 Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran

9 And return to his people in happiness.

9 And he shall go back to his people joyful.

10 Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi

10 But as for he who is given his record behind his back,

10 And as to him who is given his book behind his back,

11 Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran

11 He will cry out for destruction

11 He shall call for perdition,

12 Wayasla saAAeeran

12 And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

12 And enter into burning fire.

13 Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran

13 Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;

13 Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.

14 Innahu thanna an lan yahoora

14 Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].

14 Surely he thought that he would never return.

15 Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran

15 But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.

15 Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.

16 Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi

16 So I swear by the twilight glow

16 But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,

17 Waallayli wama wasaqa

17 And [by] the night and what it envelops

17 And the night and that which it drives on,

18 Waalqamari itha ittasaqa

18 And [by] the moon when it becomes full

18 And the moon when it grows full,

19 Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin

19 [That] you will surely experience state after state.

19 That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.

20 Fama lahum la yuminoona

20 So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,

20 But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,

21 Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona

21 And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?

21 And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance?

22 Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona

22 But those who have disbelieved deny,

22 Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.

23 WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona

23 And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.

23 And Allah knows best what they hide,

24 Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin

24 So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

24 So announce to them a painful punishment~

25 Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin

25 Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.

25 Except those who believe and do good; for them is a reward that shall never be cut off.