Al Inshiqaq

1 Itha alssamao inshaqqat

1 When the heaven bursts asunder,

1 When the sky has split [open]

2 Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

2 And obeys its Lord and it must.

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

3 Waitha alardu muddat

3 And when the earth is stretched,

3 And when the earth has been extended

4 Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat

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

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

5 Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

5 And obeys its Lord and it must.

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

6 Ya ayyuha alinsanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi

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 Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi

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 Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran

8 He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,

8 He will be judged with an easy account

9 Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran

9 And he shall go back to his people joyful.

9 And return to his people in happiness.

10 Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi

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 Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran

11 He shall call for perdition,

11 He will cry out for destruction

12 Wayasla saAAeeran

12 And enter into burning fire.

12 And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

13 Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran

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

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

14 Innahu thanna an lan yahoora

14 Surely he thought that he would never return.

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

15 Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran

15 Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.

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

16 Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi

16 But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,

16 So I swear by the twilight glow

17 Waallayli wama wasaqa

17 And the night and that which it drives on,

17 And [by] the night and what it envelops

18 Waalqamari itha ittasaqa

18 And the moon when it grows full,

18 And [by] the moon when it becomes full

19 Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin

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

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

20 Fama lahum la yuminoona

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 Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona

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 Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona

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

22 But those who have disbelieved deny,

23 WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona

23 And Allah knows best what they hide,

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

24 Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin

24 So announce to them a painful punishment~

24 So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

25 Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin

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.