Al-Inshiqaaq

Izas samaaa'un shaqqat

WHEN THE SKY is split asunder,

Wa azinat li Rabbihaa wa huqqat

obeying its Sustainer, as in truth it must;

Wa izal ardu muddat

and when the earth is leveled,

Wa alqat maa feehaa wa takhallat

and casts forth whatever is in it, and becomes utterly void,

Wa azinat li Rabbihaa wa huqqat

obeying its Sustainer, as in truth it must -:

Yaaa ayyuhal insaanu innaka kaadihun ilaa Rabbika kad han famulaaqeeh

[then,] O man - thou [that] hast, verily, been toiling towards thy Sustainer in painful toil - then shalt thou meet Him!

Fa ammaa man ootiya kitaabahoo biyameenih

And as for him whose record shall be placed in his right hand,

Fasawfa yuhaasabu hi saabai yaseeraa

he will in time be called to account with an easy accounting,

Wa yanqalibu ilaaa ahlihee masrooraa

and will [be able to] turn joyfully to those of his own kind.

Wa ammaa man ootiya kitaabahoo waraaa'a zahrih

But as for him whose record shall be given to him behind his back;

Fasawfa yad'oo subooraa

he will in time pray for utter destruction:

Wa yaslaa sa'eeraa

but he will enter the blazing flame.

Innahoo kaana feee ahlihee masrooraa

Behold, [in his earthly life] he lived joyfully among people of his own kind

Innahoo zanna al lai yahoor

for, behold, he never thought that he would have to return [to God].

Balaaa inna Rabbahoo kaana bihee baseeraa

Yea indeed! His Sustainer did see all that was in him!

Falaaa uqsimu bishshafaq

BUT NAY! I call to witness the sunset's [fleeting] afterglow,

Wallaili wa maa wasaq

and the night, and what it [step by step] unfolds,

Walqamari izat tasaq

and the moon, as it grows to its fullness:

Latarkabunna tabaqan 'an tabaq

[even thus, O men,] are you bound to move; onward from stage to stage.

Famaa lahum laa yu'minoon

What, then, is amiss with them that they will not believe [in a life to come]?

Wa izaa quri'a 'alaihimul Quraanu laa yasjudoon

and [that], when the Qur’an is read unto them, they do not fall down in prostration?

Balil lazeena kafaroo yukazziboon

Nay, but they who are bent on denying the truth give the lie [to this divine writ]!

Wallaahu a'lamu bimaa yoo'oon

Yet God has full knowledge of what they conceal [in their hearts].

Fabashshirhum bi'azaabin aleem

Hence, give them the tiding of grievous suffering [in the life to come] –

Illal lazeena aamanoo wa 'amilus saalihaati lahum ajrun ghairu mamnoon

unless it be such [of them] as [repent, and] attain to faith, and do good works: for theirs shall be a reward unending!.