Al Inshiqaq

1 When the sky is rent asunder,

1 Itha alssamao inshaqqat

1 When the sky has split [open]

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

2 Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

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

3 And when the earth is flattened out,

3 Waitha alardu muddat

3 And when the earth has been extended

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

4 Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat

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

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

5 Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

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

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

6 Ya ayyuha alinsanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi

6 O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.

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

7 Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi

7 Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,

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

8 Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran

8 He will be judged with an easy account

9 And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!

9 Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran

9 And return to his people in happiness.

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

10 Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi

10 But as for he who is given his record behind his back,

11 Soon will he cry for perdition,

11 Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran

11 He will cry out for destruction

12 And he will enter a Blazing Fire.

12 Wayasla saAAeeran

12 And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

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

13 Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran

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

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

14 Innahu thanna an lan yahoora

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

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

15 Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran

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

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

16 Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi

16 So I swear by the twilight glow

17 The Night and its Homing;

17 Waallayli wama wasaqa

17 And [by] the night and what it envelops

18 And the Moon in her fullness:

18 Waalqamari itha ittasaqa

18 And [by] the moon when it becomes full

19 Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.

19 Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin

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

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

20 Fama lahum la yuminoona

20 So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,

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

21 Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona

21 And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?

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

22 Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona

22 But those who have disbelieved deny,

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

23 WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona

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

24 So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,

24 Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin

24 So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

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

25 Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin

25 Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.