Al Inshiqaq

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

1 When the sky has split [open]

1 Itha alssamao inshaqqat

2 And attentive to her Lord in fear,

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

2 Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

3 And when the earth is spread out

3 And when the earth has been extended

3 Waitha alardu muddat

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

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

4 Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat

5 And attentive to her Lord in fear!

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

5 Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

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

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

6 Ya ayyuha alinsanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi

7 Then whoso is given his account in his right hand

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

7 Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi

8 He truly will receive an easy reckoning

8 He will be judged with an easy account

8 Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran

9 And will return unto his folk in joy.

9 And return to his people in happiness.

9 Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran

10 But whoso is given his account behind his back,

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

10 Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi

11 He surely will invoke destruction

11 He will cry out for destruction

11 Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran

12 And be thrown to scorching fire.

12 And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

12 Wayasla saAAeeran

13 He verily lived joyous with his folk,

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

13 Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran

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

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

14 Innahu thanna an lan yahoora

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

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

15 Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran

16 Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,

16 So I swear by the twilight glow

16 Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi

17 And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,

17 And [by] the night and what it envelops

17 Waallayli wama wasaqa

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

18 And [by] the moon when it becomes full

18 Waalqamari itha ittasaqa

19 That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.

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

19 Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin

20 What aileth them, then, that they believe not

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

20 Fama lahum la yuminoona

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

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

21 Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona

22 Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;

22 But those who have disbelieved deny,

22 Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona

23 And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.

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

23 WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona

24 So give them tidings of a painful doom,

24 So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

24 Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin

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

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

25 Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin