Al-Inshiqaq

إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ

idhā l-samāu inshaqqat

When the sky has split [open]

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

wa-adhinat lirabbihā waḥuqqat

And has listened [i.e., responded] to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]

وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ

wa-idhā l-arḍu muddat

And when the earth has been extended

وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ

wa-alqat mā fīhā watakhallat

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

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

wa-adhinat lirabbihā waḥuqqat

And has listened [i.e., responded] to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَـٰقِيهِ

yāayyuhā l-insānu innaka kādiḥun ilā rabbika kadḥan famulāqīhi

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

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ

fa-ammā man ūtiya kitābahu biyamīnihi

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

فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا

fasawfa yuḥāsabu ḥisāban yasīran

He will be judged with an easy account

وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا

wayanqalibu ilā ahlihi masrūran

And return to his people in happiness.

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ

wa-ammā man ūtiya kitābahu warāa ẓahrihi

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

فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًا

fasawfa yadʿū thubūran

He will cry out for destruction

وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا

wayaṣlā saʿīran

And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا

innahu kāna fī ahlihi masrūran

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

إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ

innahu ẓanna an lan yaḥūra

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

بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًا

balā inna rabbahu kāna bihi baṣīran

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

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ

falā uq'simu bil-shafaqi

So I swear by the twilight glow

وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ

wa-al-layli wamā wasaqa

And [by] the night and what it envelops

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ

wal-qamari idhā ittasaqa

And [by] the moon when it becomes full

لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ

latarkabunna ṭabaqan ʿan ṭabaqin

[That] you will surely embark upon [i.e., experience] state after state.

فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

famā lahum lā yu'minūna

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

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩

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

And when the Qur’ān is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allāh]?

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ

bali alladhīna kafarū yukadhibūna

But those who have disbelieved deny,

وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ

wal-lahu aʿlamu bimā yūʿūna

And Allāh is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.

فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

fabashir'hum biʿadhābin alīmin

So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ

illā alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti lahum ajrun ghayru mamnūnin

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