Surah Al-Inshiqaaq (The Splitting Open)

إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ

When the sky is rent asunder,

When the heaven is split asunder

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, and it must needs (do so);-

And attentive to her Lord in fear,

وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ

And when the earth is flattened out,

And when the earth is spread out

وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ

And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) empty,

And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord,- and it must needs (do so);- (then will come Home the full reality).

And attentive to her Lord in fear!

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًۭا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ

O thou man! Verily thou art ever toiling on towards thy Lord- painfully toiling,- but thou shalt meet Him.

Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence).

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ

Then he who is given his Record in his right hand,

Then whoso is given his account in his right hand

فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًۭا يَسِيرًۭا

Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,

He truly will receive an easy reckoning

وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًۭا

And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!

And will return unto his folk in joy.

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ

But he who is given his Record behind his back,-

But whoso is given his account behind his back,

فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًۭا

Soon will he cry for perdition,

He surely will invoke destruction

وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا

And he will enter a Blazing Fire.

And be thrown to scorching fire.

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا

Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing!

He verily lived joyous with his folk,

إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ

Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)!

He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).

بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًۭا

Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of him!

Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ

So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset;

Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,

وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ

The Night and its Homing;

And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ

And the Moon in her fullness:

And by the moon when she is at the full,

لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍۢ

Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.

That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.

فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

What then is the matter with them, that they believe not?-

What aileth them, then, that they believe not

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩

And when the Qur'an is read to them, they fall not prostrate,

And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah)?

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ

But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).

Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;

وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ

But Allah has full knowledge of what they secrete (in their breasts)

And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.

فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,

So give them tidings of a painful doom,

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ

Except to those who believe and work righteous deeds: For them is a Reward that will never fail.

Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.