Al Inshiqaq

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder,

1 Itha alssamao inshaqqat

1 When the sky is rent asunder,

2 And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.

2 Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

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

3 And when the earth is stretched forth,

3 Waitha alardu muddat

3 And when the earth is flattened out,

4 And has cast out all that was in it and became empty.

4 Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat

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

5 And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.

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).

6 O man! Verily, you are returning towards your Lord with your deeds and actions (good or bad), a sure returning, and you will meet (the results of your deeds which you did).

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.

7 Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand,

7 Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi

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

8 He surely will receive an easy reckoning,

8 Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran

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

9 And will return to his family in joy!

9 Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran

9 And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!

10 But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,

10 Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi

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

11 He will invoke (for his) destruction,

11 Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran

11 Soon will he cry for perdition,

12 And he shall enter a blazing Fire, and be made to taste its burning.

12 Wayasla saAAeeran

12 And he will enter a Blazing Fire.

13 Verily, he was among his people in joy!

13 Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran

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

14 Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to Us)!

14 Innahu thanna an lan yahoora

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

15 Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!

15 Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran

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

16 So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;

16 Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi

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

17 And by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness,

17 Waallayli wama wasaqa

17 The Night and its Homing;

18 And by the moon when it is at the full.

18 Waalqamari itha ittasaqa

18 And the Moon in her fullness:

19 You shall certainly travel from stage to stage (in this life and in the Hereafter).

19 Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin

19 Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.

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

20 Fama lahum la yuminoona

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

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

21 Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona

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

22 Nay, those who disbelieve belie (Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and whatever he brought, i.e. this Qur'an and Islamic Monotheism, etc.).

22 Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona

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

23 And Allah knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds),

23 WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona

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

24 So announce to them a painful torment.

24 Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin

24 So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,

25 Save those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them is a reward that will never come to an end (i.e. Paradise).

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.