Al-Inshiqaq

idhā l-samāu inshaqqat

When the sky has split [open]

wa-adhinat lirabbihā waḥuqqat

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

wa-idhā l-arḍu muddat

And when the earth has been extended

wa-alqat mā fīhā watakhallat

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

wa-adhinat lirabbihā waḥuqqat

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

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.

fa-ammā man ūtiya kitābahu biyamīnihi

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

fasawfa yuḥāsabu ḥisāban yasīran

He will be judged with an easy account

wayanqalibu ilā ahlihi masrūran

And return to his people in happiness.

wa-ammā man ūtiya kitābahu warāa ẓahrihi

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

fasawfa yadʿū thubūran

He will cry out for destruction

wayaṣlā saʿīran

And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

innahu kāna fī ahlihi masrūran

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

innahu ẓanna an lan yaḥūra

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

balā inna rabbahu kāna bihi baṣīran

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

falā uq'simu bil-shafaqi

So I swear by the twilight glow

wa-al-layli wamā wasaqa

And [by] the night and what it envelops

wal-qamari idhā ittasaqa

And [by] the moon when it becomes full

latarkabunna ṭabaqan ʿan ṭabaqin

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

famā lahum lā yu'minūna

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

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]?

bali alladhīna kafarū yukadhibūna

But those who have disbelieved deny,

wal-lahu aʿlamu bimā yūʿūna

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

fabashir'hum biʿadhābin alīmin

So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

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.