Al Inshiqaq

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

2 And attentive to her Lord in fear,

3 And when the earth is stretched forth,

3 And when the earth is spread out

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

5 And attentive to her Lord in fear!

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 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 He surely will receive an easy reckoning,

8 He truly will receive an easy reckoning

9 And will return to his family in joy!

9 And will return unto his folk in joy.

10 But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,

10 But whoso is given his account behind his back,

11 He will invoke (for his) destruction,

11 He surely will invoke destruction

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

12 And be thrown to scorching fire.

13 Verily, he was among his people in joy!

13 He verily lived joyous with his folk,

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

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

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

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

16 So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;

16 Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,

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

17 And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,

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

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

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

20 What aileth them, then, that they believe not

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

23 And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.

24 So announce to them a painful torment.

24 So give them tidings of a painful doom,

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.