Al Inshiqaq

1 When the sky is rent asunder,

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

1 When the sky has split [open]

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

2 And attentive to her Lord in fear,

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

3 And when the earth is flattened out,

3 And when the earth is spread out

3 And when the earth has been extended

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

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

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 And attentive to her Lord in fear!

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

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 Then whoso is given his account in his right hand

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 He truly will receive an easy reckoning

8 He will be judged with an easy account

9 And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!

9 And will return unto his folk in joy.

9 And return to his people in happiness.

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

10 But whoso is given his account behind his back,

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

11 Soon will he cry for perdition,

11 He surely will invoke destruction

11 He will cry out for destruction

12 And he will enter a Blazing Fire.

12 And be thrown to scorching fire.

12 And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

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

13 He verily lived joyous with his folk,

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

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

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

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

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

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

16 Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,

16 So I swear by the twilight glow

17 The Night and its Homing;

17 And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,

17 And [by] the night and what it envelops

18 And the Moon in her fullness:

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

18 And [by] the moon when it becomes full

19 Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.

19 That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.

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

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

20 What aileth them, then, that they believe not

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

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 Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;

22 But those who have disbelieved deny,

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

23 And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.

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

24 So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,

24 So give them tidings of a painful doom,

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

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