Al Inshiqaq

Shakir

1 When the heaven bursts asunder,

Saheeh International

1 When the sky has split [open]

Transliteration

1 Itha alssamao inshaqqat

Shakir

2 And obeys its Lord and it must.

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

2 Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

Shakir

3 And when the earth is stretched,

Saheeh International

3 And when the earth has been extended

Transliteration

3 Waitha alardu muddat

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

4 Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat

Shakir

5 And obeys its Lord and it must.

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

5 Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

6 Ya ayyuha alinsanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

7 Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi

Shakir

8 He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,

Saheeh International

8 He will be judged with an easy account

Transliteration

8 Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran

Shakir

9 And he shall go back to his people joyful.

Saheeh International

9 And return to his people in happiness.

Transliteration

9 Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

10 Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi

Shakir

11 He shall call for perdition,

Saheeh International

11 He will cry out for destruction

Transliteration

11 Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran

Shakir

12 And enter into burning fire.

Saheeh International

12 And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

Transliteration

12 Wayasla saAAeeran

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

13 Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran

Shakir

14 Surely he thought that he would never return.

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

14 Innahu thanna an lan yahoora

Shakir

15 Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

15 Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran

Shakir

16 But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,

Saheeh International

16 So I swear by the twilight glow

Transliteration

16 Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi

Shakir

17 And the night and that which it drives on,

Saheeh International

17 And [by] the night and what it envelops

Transliteration

17 Waallayli wama wasaqa

Shakir

18 And the moon when it grows full,

Saheeh International

18 And [by] the moon when it becomes full

Transliteration

18 Waalqamari itha ittasaqa

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

19 Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

20 Fama lahum la yuminoona

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

21 Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

22 But those who have disbelieved deny,

Transliteration

22 Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona

Shakir

23 And Allah knows best what they hide,

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

23 WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona

Shakir

24 So announce to them a painful punishment~

Saheeh International

24 So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

Transliteration

24 Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

25 Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin