Al-Inshiqaq — The Splitting Open

إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتۡ

Itha alssamao inshaqqat

When the sky has split [open]

وَأَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡ

Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

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

وَإِذَا ٱلۡأَرۡضُ مُدَّتۡ

Waitha alardu muddat

And when the earth has been extended

وَأَلۡقَتۡ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتۡ

Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat

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

وَأَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡ

Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

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

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدۡحٗا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ

Ya ayyuha alinsanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi

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

فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ

Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi

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

فَسَوۡفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابٗا يَسِيرٗا

Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran

He will be judged with an easy account

وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورٗا

Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran

And return to his people in happiness

وَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهۡرِهِۦ

Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi

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

فَسَوۡفَ يَدۡعُواْ ثُبُورٗا

Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran

He will cry out for destruction

وَيَصۡلَىٰ سَعِيرًا

Wayasla saAAeeran

And [enter to] burn in a Blaze

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِيٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورًا

Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran

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

إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ

Innahu thanna an lan yahoora

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

بَلَىٰٓۚ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرٗا

Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran

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

فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ

Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi

So I swear by the twilight glow

وَٱلَّيۡلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ

Waallayli wama wasaqa

And [by] the night and what it envelops

وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ

Waalqamari itha ittasaqa

And [by] the moon when it becomes full

لَتَرۡكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٖ

Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin

[That] you will surely experience state after state

فَمَا لَهُمۡ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ

Fama lahum la yuminoona

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

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ لَا يَسۡجُدُونَۤ۩

Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona

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

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ يُكَذِّبُونَ

Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona

But those who have disbelieved deny

وَٱللَّهُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ

WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona

And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves

فَبَشِّرۡهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin

So give them tidings of a painful punishment

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمۡ أَجۡرٌ غَيۡرُ مَمۡنُونِۭ

Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin

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