Al Inshiqaq

1 When the sky is rent asunder,

1 When the sky has split [open]

1 Itha alssamao inshaqqat

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

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

2 Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

3 And when the earth is flattened out,

3 And when the earth has been extended

3 Waitha alardu muddat

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

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

4 Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat

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

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

5 Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

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

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

6 Ya ayyuha alinsanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi

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

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

7 Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi

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

8 He will be judged with an easy account

8 Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran

9 And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!

9 And return to his people in happiness.

9 Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran

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

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

10 Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi

11 Soon will he cry for perdition,

11 He will cry out for destruction

11 Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran

12 And he will enter a Blazing Fire.

12 And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

12 Wayasla saAAeeran

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

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

13 Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran

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

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

14 Innahu thanna an lan yahoora

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

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

15 Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran

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

16 So I swear by the twilight glow

16 Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi

17 The Night and its Homing;

17 And [by] the night and what it envelops

17 Waallayli wama wasaqa

18 And the Moon in her fullness:

18 And [by] the moon when it becomes full

18 Waalqamari itha ittasaqa

19 Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.

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

19 Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin

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

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

20 Fama lahum la yuminoona

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

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

21 Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona

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

22 But those who have disbelieved deny,

22 Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona

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

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

23 WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona

24 So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,

24 So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

24 Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin

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

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

25 Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin