Al Inshiqaq

Shakir

1 When the heaven bursts asunder,

Transliteration

1 Itha alssamao inshaqqat

Saheeh International

1 When the sky has split [open]

Shakir

2 And obeys its Lord and it must.

Transliteration

2 Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

3 And when the earth is stretched,

Transliteration

3 Waitha alardu muddat

Saheeh International

3 And when the earth has been extended

Shakir

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

Transliteration

4 Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

5 And obeys its Lord and it must.

Transliteration

5 Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

6 Ya ayyuha alinsanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

7 Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

8 He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,

Transliteration

8 Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran

Saheeh International

8 He will be judged with an easy account

Shakir

9 And he shall go back to his people joyful.

Transliteration

9 Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran

Saheeh International

9 And return to his people in happiness.

Shakir

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

Transliteration

10 Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

11 He shall call for perdition,

Transliteration

11 Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran

Saheeh International

11 He will cry out for destruction

Shakir

12 And enter into burning fire.

Transliteration

12 Wayasla saAAeeran

Saheeh International

12 And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

Shakir

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

Transliteration

13 Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

14 Surely he thought that he would never return.

Transliteration

14 Innahu thanna an lan yahoora

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

15 Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.

Transliteration

15 Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

16 But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,

Transliteration

16 Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi

Saheeh International

16 So I swear by the twilight glow

Shakir

17 And the night and that which it drives on,

Transliteration

17 Waallayli wama wasaqa

Saheeh International

17 And [by] the night and what it envelops

Shakir

18 And the moon when it grows full,

Transliteration

18 Waalqamari itha ittasaqa

Saheeh International

18 And [by] the moon when it becomes full

Shakir

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

Transliteration

19 Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

20 Fama lahum la yuminoona

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

21 Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

22 Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona

Saheeh International

22 But those who have disbelieved deny,

Shakir

23 And Allah knows best what they hide,

Transliteration

23 WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

24 So announce to them a painful punishment~

Transliteration

24 Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin

Saheeh International

24 So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

Shakir

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

Transliteration

25 Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin

Saheeh International

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