Al Inshiqaq

1 When the sky has split [open]

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

1 When the heaven bursts asunder,

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

2 And attentive to her Lord in fear,

2 And obeys its Lord and it must.

3 And when the earth has been extended

3 And when the earth is spread out

3 And when the earth is stretched,

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

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

4 And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,

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

5 And attentive to her Lord in fear!

5 And obeys its Lord and it must.

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

6 Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence).

6 O man! surely you must strive (to attain) to your Lord, a hard striving until you meet Him.

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

7 Then whoso is given his account in his right hand

7 Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand,

8 He will be judged with an easy account

8 He truly will receive an easy reckoning

8 He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,

9 And return to his people in happiness.

9 And will return unto his folk in joy.

9 And he shall go back to his people joyful.

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

10 But whoso is given his account behind his back,

10 And as to him who is given his book behind his back,

11 He will cry out for destruction

11 He surely will invoke destruction

11 He shall call for perdition,

12 And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

12 And be thrown to scorching fire.

12 And enter into burning fire.

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

13 He verily lived joyous with his folk,

13 Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.

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

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

14 Surely he thought that he would never return.

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

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

15 Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.

16 So I swear by the twilight glow

16 Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,

16 But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,

17 And [by] the night and what it envelops

17 And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,

17 And the night and that which it drives on,

18 And [by] the moon when it becomes full

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

18 And the moon when it grows full,

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

19 That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.

19 That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.

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

20 What aileth them, then, that they believe not

20 But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,

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

21 And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah) ?

21 And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance?

22 But those who have disbelieved deny,

22 Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;

22 Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.

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

23 And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.

23 And Allah knows best what they hide,

24 So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

24 So give them tidings of a painful doom,

24 So announce to them a painful punishment~

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

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

25 Except those who believe and do good; for them is a reward that shall never be cut off.