Al Inshiqaq

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

1 When the sky is rent asunder,

1 When the sky has split [open]

2 And attentive to her Lord in fear,

2 And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, and it must needs (do so); -

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

3 And when the earth is spread out

3 And when the earth is flattened out,

3 And when the earth has been extended

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

4 And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) empty,

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

5 And attentive to her Lord in fear!

5 And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, - and it must needs (do so); - (then will come Home the full reality).

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 O thou man! Verily thou art ever toiling on towards thy Lord - painfully toiling, - but thou shalt meet Him.

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 Then he who is given his Record in his right hand,

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

8 He truly will receive an easy reckoning

8 Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,

8 He will be judged with an easy account

9 And will return unto his folk in joy.

9 And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!

9 And return to his people in happiness.

10 But whoso is given his account behind his back,

10 But he who is given his Record behind his back, -

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

11 He surely will invoke destruction

11 Soon will he cry for perdition,

11 He will cry out for destruction

12 And be thrown to scorching fire.

12 And he will enter a Blazing Fire.

12 And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

13 He verily lived joyous with his folk,

13 Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing!

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

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

14 Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)!

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

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

15 Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of him!

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

16 Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,

16 So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset;

16 So I swear by the twilight glow

17 And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,

17 The Night and its Homing;

17 And [by] the night and what it envelops

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

18 And the Moon in her fullness:

18 And [by] the moon when it becomes full

19 That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.

19 Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.

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

20 What aileth them, then, that they believe not

20 What then is the matter with them, that they believe not? -

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 And when the Qur'an is read to them, they fall not prostrate,

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 But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).

22 But those who have disbelieved deny,

23 And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.

23 But Allah has full knowledge of what they secrete (in their breasts)

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

24 So give them tidings of a painful doom,

24 So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,

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 Except to those who believe and work righteous deeds: For them is a Reward that will never fail.

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