Al Inshiqaq

1 When the sky is rent 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 has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]

3 And when the earth is flattened out,

3 And when the earth has been extended

4 And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) 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 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 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 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 will be judged with an easy account

9 And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!

9 And return to his people in happiness.

10 But he who is given his Record 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 will cry out for destruction

12 And he will enter a Blazing Fire.

12 And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

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

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

15 Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of 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 So I swear by the twilight glow

17 The Night and its Homing;

17 And [by] the night and what it envelops

18 And the Moon in her fullness:

18 And [by] the moon when it becomes full

19 Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.

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

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,

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]?

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

22 But those who have disbelieved deny,

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.

24 So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,

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