Surah Al-Inshiqaq · The Sundering

إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ ۝١

idhā l-samāu inshaqqat

When the sky has split [open]

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ ۝٢

wa-adhinat lirabbihā waḥuqqat

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

وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ ۝٣

wa-idhā l-arḍu muddat

And when the earth has been extended

وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ ۝٤

wa-alqat mā fīhā watakhallat

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

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ ۝٥

wa-adhinat lirabbihā waḥuqqat

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

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَـٰقِيهِ ۝٦

yāayyuhā l-insānu innaka kādiḥun ilā rabbika kadḥan famulāqīh

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

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ ۝٧

fa-ammā man ūtiya kitābahu biyamīnih

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

فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا ۝٨

fasawfa yuḥāsabu ḥisāban yasīrā

He will be judged with an easy account

وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا ۝٩

wayanqalibu ilā ahlihi masrūrā

And return to his people in happiness.

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ ۝١٠

wa-ammā man ūtiya kitābahu warāa ẓahrih

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

فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًا ۝١١

fasawfa yadʿū thubūrā

He will cry out for destruction

وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا ۝١٢

wayaṣlā saʿīrā

And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا ۝١٣

innahu kāna fī ahlihi masrūrā

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

إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ ۝١٤

innahu ẓanna an lan yaḥūr

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

بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًا ۝١٥

balā inna rabbahu kāna bihi baṣīrā

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

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ ۝١٦

falā uq'simu bil-shafaq

So I swear by the twilight glow

وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ ۝١٧

wa-al-layli wamā wasaq

And [by] the night and what it envelops

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ ۝١٨

wal-qamari idhā ittasaq

And [by] the moon when it becomes full

لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ ۝١٩

latarkabunna ṭabaqan ʿan ṭabaq

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

فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ۝٢٠

famā lahum lā yu'minūn

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

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩ ۝٢١

wa-idhā quri-a ʿalayhimu l-qur'ānu lā yasjudūn

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

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ ۝٢٢

bali alladhīna kafarū yukadhibūn

But those who have disbelieved deny,

وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ ۝٢٣

wal-lahu aʿlamu bimā yūʿūn

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

فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ ۝٢٤

fabashir'hum biʿadhābin alīm

So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ ۝٢٥

illā alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti lahum ajrun ghayru mamnūn

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