Al Inshiqaq

1 Itha alssamao inshaqqat

1 When the sky is rent asunder,

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

2 Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

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

2 And attentive to her Lord in fear,

3 Waitha alardu muddat

3 And when the earth is flattened out,

3 And when the earth is spread out

4 Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat

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

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

5 Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

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

5 And attentive to her Lord in fear!

6 Ya ayyuha alinsanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi

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

6 Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence).

7 Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi

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

7 Then whoso is given his account in his right hand

8 Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran

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

8 He truly will receive an easy reckoning

9 Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran

9 And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!

9 And will return unto his folk in joy.

10 Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi

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

10 But whoso is given his account behind his back,

11 Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran

11 Soon will he cry for perdition,

11 He surely will invoke destruction

12 Wayasla saAAeeran

12 And he will enter a Blazing Fire.

12 And be thrown to scorching fire.

13 Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran

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

13 He verily lived joyous with his folk,

14 Innahu thanna an lan yahoora

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

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

15 Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran

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

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

16 Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi

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

16 Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,

17 Waallayli wama wasaqa

17 The Night and its Homing;

17 And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,

18 Waalqamari itha ittasaqa

18 And the Moon in her fullness:

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

19 Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin

19 Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.

19 That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.

20 Fama lahum la yuminoona

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

20 What aileth them, then, that they believe not

21 Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona

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

21 And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah) ?

22 Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona

22 But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).

22 Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;

23 WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona

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

23 And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.

24 Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin

24 So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,

24 So give them tidings of a painful doom,

25 Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin

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

25 Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.