Al Inshiqaq

1 Itha alssamao inshaqqat

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

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

2 Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

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

2 And attentive to her Lord in fear,

3 Waitha alardu muddat

3 And when the earth is stretched forth,

3 And when the earth is spread out

4 Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat

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

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

5 Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

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

5 And attentive to her Lord in fear!

6 Ya ayyuha alinsanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi

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

7 Then whoso is given his account in his right hand

8 Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran

8 He surely will receive an easy reckoning,

8 He truly will receive an easy reckoning

9 Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran

9 And will return to his family in joy!

9 And will return unto his folk in joy.

10 Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi

10 But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,

10 But whoso is given his account behind his back,

11 Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran

11 He will invoke (for his) destruction,

11 He surely will invoke destruction

12 Wayasla saAAeeran

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

12 And be thrown to scorching fire.

13 Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran

13 Verily, he was among his people in joy!

13 He verily lived joyous with his folk,

14 Innahu thanna an lan yahoora

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

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

15 Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran

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

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

16 Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi

16 So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;

16 Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,

17 Waallayli wama wasaqa

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

17 And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,

18 Waalqamari itha ittasaqa

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

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

19 Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin

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

19 That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.

20 Fama lahum la yuminoona

20 What 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 recited 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 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 Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;

23 WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona

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

23 And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.

24 Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin

24 So announce to them a painful torment.

24 So give them tidings of a painful doom,

25 Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin

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