Surah Al-Inshiqaq الإنشقاق

إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتۡ ١

When the sky is ripped apart,

وَأَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡ ٢

obeying its Lord as it rightly must,

وَإِذَا ٱلۡأَرۡضُ مُدَّتۡ ٣

when the earth is levelled out,

وَأَلۡقَتۡ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتۡ ٤

casts out its contents, and becomes empty,

وَأَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡ ٥

obeying its Lord as it rightly must,

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدۡحٗا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ ٦

you humans, toiling laboriously towards your Lord, will meet Him:

فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ ٧

whoever is given his record in his right hand

فَسَوۡفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابٗا يَسِيرٗا ٨

will have an easy reckoning

وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورٗا ٩

and return to his people well pleased,

وَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهۡرِهِۦ ١٠

but whoever is given his record from behind his back

فَسَوۡفَ يَدۡعُواْ ثُبُورٗا ١١

will cry out for destruction––

وَيَصۡلَىٰ سَعِيرًا ١٢

he will burn in the blazing Fire.

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِيٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورًا ١٣

He used to live among his people well pleased.

إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ ١٤

He thought he would never return [to his Lord]––

بَلَىٰٓۚ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرٗا ١٥

indeed he will! His Lord was watching him.

فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ ١٦

I swear by the glow of sunset,

وَٱلَّيۡلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ ١٧

by the night and what it covers,

وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ ١٨

by the full moon,

لَتَرۡكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٖ ١٩

you will progress from stage to stage.

فَمَا لَهُمۡ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٢٠

So why do they not believe?

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ لَا يَسۡجُدُونَۤ۩ ٢١

Why, when the Quran is read to them, do they not prostrate themselves [to God]?

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ يُكَذِّبُونَ ٢٢

No! The disbelievers reject the Quran––

وَٱللَّهُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ ٢٣

God knows best what they keep hidden inside––

فَبَشِّرۡهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ ٢٤

so give them news of a painful torment.

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمۡ أَجۡرٌ غَيۡرُ مَمۡنُونِۭ ٢٥

But those who believe and do good deeds will have a never-ending reward.