Al-'Inshiqāq

إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ

Itha assamao inshaqqat

When the sky is ripped apart,

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

obeying its Lord as it rightly must,

وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ

Wa-itha al-ardu muddat

when the earth is levelled out,

وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ

Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat

casts out its contents, and becomes empty,

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

obeying its Lord as it rightly must,

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَـٰقِيهِ

Ya ayyuha al-insanuinnaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhanfamulaqeeh

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

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ

Faama man ootiya kitabahubiyameenih

whoever is given his record in his right hand

فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا

Fasawfa yuhasabu hisabanyaseera

will have an easy reckoning

وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا

Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masroora

and return to his people well pleased,

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ

Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraathahrih

but whoever is given his record from behind his back

فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًا

Fasawfa yadAAoo thuboora

will cry out for destruction––

وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا

Wayasla saAAeera

he will burn in the blazing Fire.

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا

Innahu kana fee ahlihi masroora

He used to live among his people well pleased.

إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ

Innahu thanna an lan yahoor

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

بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًا

Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseera

indeed he will! His Lord was watching him.

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ

Fala oqsimu bishshafaq

I swear by the glow of sunset,

وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ

Wallayli wama wasaq

by the night and what it covers,

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ

Walqamari itha ittasaq

by the full moon,

لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ

Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaq

you will progress from stage to stage.

فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

Fama lahum la yu/minoon

So why do they not believe?

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩

Wa-itha quri-a AAalayhimu alqur-anula yasjudoon

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

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ

Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboon

No! The disbelievers reject the Quran––

وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ

Wallahu aAAlamu bimayooAAoon

God knows best what they keep hidden inside––

فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleem

so give them news of a painful torment.

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ

Illa allatheena amanoowaAAamiloo assalihati lahum ajrun ghayrumamnoon

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