Al-Inshiqaq

When the sky has split [open]

idhā l-samāu inshaqqat

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

wa-adhinat lirabbihā waḥuqqat

And when the earth has been extended

wa-idhā l-arḍu muddat

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

wa-alqat mā fīhā watakhallat

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

wa-adhinat lirabbihā waḥuqqat

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

yāayyuhā l-insānu innaka kādiḥun ilā rabbika kadḥan famulāqīhi

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

fa-ammā man ūtiya kitābahu biyamīnihi

He will be judged with an easy account

fasawfa yuḥāsabu ḥisāban yasīran

And return to his people in happiness.

wayanqalibu ilā ahlihi masrūran

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

wa-ammā man ūtiya kitābahu warāa ẓahrihi

He will cry out for destruction

fasawfa yadʿū thubūran

And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

wayaṣlā saʿīran

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

innahu kāna fī ahlihi masrūran

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

innahu ẓanna an lan yaḥūra

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

balā inna rabbahu kāna bihi baṣīran

So I swear by the twilight glow

falā uq'simu bil-shafaqi

And [by] the night and what it envelops

wa-al-layli wamā wasaqa

And [by] the moon when it becomes full

wal-qamari idhā ittasaqa

[That] you will surely experience state after state.

latarkabunna ṭabaqan ʿan ṭabaqin

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

famā lahum lā yu'minūna

And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?

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

But those who have disbelieved deny,

bali alladhīna kafarū yukadhibūna

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

wal-lahu aʿlamu bimā yūʿūna

So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

fabashir'hum biʿadhābin alīmin

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

illā alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti lahum ajrun ghayru mamnūnin