Surah Al-Inshiqaq

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1. 1

   إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ

   When the sky has split [open]

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2. 2

   وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

   And has listened [i.e., responded]1 to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]

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3. 3

   وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ

   And when the earth has been extended1

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4. 4

   وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ

   And has cast out that within it1 and relinquished [it]

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5. 5

   وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

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

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6. 6

   يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَـٰقِيهِ

   O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion1 and will meet it.2

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7. 7

   فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ

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

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8. 8

   فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا

   He will be judged with an easy account

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9. 9

   وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا

   And return to his people in happiness.

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10. 10

    وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ

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

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11. 11

    فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًا

    He will cry out for destruction

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12. 12

    وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا

    And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

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13. 13

    إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا

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

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14. 14

    إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ

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

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15. 15

    بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًا

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

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16. 16

    فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ

    So I swear by the twilight glow

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17. 17

    وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ

    And [by] the night and what it envelops

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18. 18

    وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ

    And [by] the moon when it becomes full

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19. 19

    لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ

    [That] you will surely embark upon [i.e., experience] state after state.1

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20. 20

    فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

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

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21. 21

    وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩

    And when the Qur’ān is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allāh]?

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22. 22

    بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ

    But those who have disbelieved deny,

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23. 23

    وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ

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

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24. 24

    فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

    So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

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25. 25

    إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ

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

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