Al Inshiqaq

1 When the heaven bursts asunder,

1 When the sky has split [open]

2 And obeys its Lord and it must.

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

3 And when the earth is stretched,

3 And when the earth has been extended

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

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

5 And obeys its Lord and it must.

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

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

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

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

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

8 He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,

8 He will be judged with an easy account

9 And he shall go back to his people joyful.

9 And return to his people in happiness.

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

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

11 He shall call for perdition,

11 He will cry out for destruction

12 And enter into burning fire.

12 And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

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

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

14 Surely he thought that he would never return.

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

15 Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.

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

16 But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,

16 So I swear by the twilight glow

17 And the night and that which it drives on,

17 And [by] the night and what it envelops

18 And the moon when it grows full,

18 And [by] the moon when it becomes full

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

22 But those who have disbelieved deny,

23 And Allah knows best what they hide,

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

24 So announce to them a painful punishment~

24 So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

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

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