Al Inshiqaq

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

1 When the heaven bursts asunder,

2 And attentive to her Lord in fear,

2 And obeys its Lord and it must.

3 And when the earth is spread out

3 And when the earth is stretched,

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

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

5 And attentive to her Lord in fear!

5 And obeys its Lord and it must.

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

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

7 Then whoso is given his account in his right hand

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

8 He truly will receive an easy reckoning

8 He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,

9 And will return unto his folk in joy.

9 And he shall go back to his people joyful.

10 But whoso is given his account behind his back,

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

11 He surely will invoke destruction

11 He shall call for perdition,

12 And be thrown to scorching fire.

12 And enter into burning fire.

13 He verily lived joyous with his folk,

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

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

14 Surely he thought that he would never return.

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

15 Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.

16 Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,

16 But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,

17 And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,

17 And the night and that which it drives on,

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

18 And the moon when it grows full,

19 That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.

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

20 What aileth them, then, that they believe not

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

22 Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;

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

23 And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.

23 And Allah knows best what they hide,

24 So give them tidings of a painful doom,

24 So announce to them a painful punishment~

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

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