Al-Inshiqaq

idhā l-samāu inshaqqat

When the sky is ripped apart,

wa-adhinat lirabbihā waḥuqqat

obeying its Lord as it rightly must,

wa-idhā l-arḍu muddat

when the earth is levelled out,

wa-alqat mā fīhā watakhallat

casts out its contents, and becomes empty,

wa-adhinat lirabbihā waḥuqqat

obeying its Lord as it rightly must,

yāayyuhā l-insānu innaka kādiḥun ilā rabbika kadḥan famulāqīhi

you humans, toiling laboriously towards your Lord, will meet Him:

fa-ammā man ūtiya kitābahu biyamīnihi

whoever is given his record in his right hand

fasawfa yuḥāsabu ḥisāban yasīran

will have an easy reckoning

wayanqalibu ilā ahlihi masrūran

and return to his people well pleased,

wa-ammā man ūtiya kitābahu warāa ẓahrihi

but whoever is given his record from behind his back

fasawfa yadʿū thubūran

will cry out for destruction––

wayaṣlā saʿīran

he will burn in the blazing Fire.

innahu kāna fī ahlihi masrūran

He used to live among his people well pleased.

innahu ẓanna an lan yaḥūra

He thought he would never return [to his Lord]––

balā inna rabbahu kāna bihi baṣīran

indeed he will! His Lord was watching him.

falā uq'simu bil-shafaqi

I swear by the glow of sunset,

wa-al-layli wamā wasaqa

by the night and what it covers,

wal-qamari idhā ittasaqa

by the full moon,

latarkabunna ṭabaqan ʿan ṭabaqin

you will progress from stage to stage.

famā lahum lā yu'minūna

So why do they not believe?

wa-idhā quri-a ʿalayhimu l-qur'ānu lā yasjudūna

Why, when the Quran is read to them, do they not prostrate themselves [to God]?

bali alladhīna kafarū yukadhibūna

No! The disbelievers reject the Quran––

wal-lahu aʿlamu bimā yūʿūna

God knows best what they keep hidden inside––

fabashir'hum biʿadhābin alīmin

so give them news of a painful torment.

illā alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti lahum ajrun ghayru mamnūnin

But those who believe and do good deeds will have a never-ending reward.