Al Inshiqaq

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder

1 Itha alssamao inshaqqat

1 When the sky has split [open]

2 And attentive to her Lord in fear,

2 Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

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

3 And when the earth is spread out

3 Waitha alardu muddat

3 And when the earth has been extended

4 And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty

4 Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat

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

5 And attentive to her Lord in fear!

5 Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

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

6 Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence).

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.

7 Then whoso is given his account in his right hand

7 Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi

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

8 He truly will receive an easy reckoning

8 Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran

8 He will be judged with an easy account

9 And will return unto his folk in joy.

9 Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran

9 And return to his people in happiness.

10 But whoso is given his account behind his back,

10 Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi

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

11 He surely will invoke destruction

11 Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran

11 He will cry out for destruction

12 And be thrown to scorching fire.

12 Wayasla saAAeeran

12 And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

13 He verily lived joyous with his folk,

13 Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran

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

14 He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).

14 Innahu thanna an lan yahoora

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

15 Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!

15 Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran

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

16 Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,

16 Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi

16 So I swear by the twilight glow

17 And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,

17 Waallayli wama wasaqa

17 And [by] the night and what it envelops

18 And by the moon when she is at the full,

18 Waalqamari itha ittasaqa

18 And [by] the moon when it becomes full

19 That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.

19 Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin

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

20 What aileth them, then, that they believe not

20 Fama lahum la yuminoona

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

21 And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah) ?

21 Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona

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

22 Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;

22 Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona

22 But those who have disbelieved deny,

23 And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.

23 WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona

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

24 So give them tidings of a painful doom,

24 Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin

24 So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

25 Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.

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.