84. Al-Inshiqaq

إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ

When the sky has split [open]

idhā l-samāu inshaqqat

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

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

wa-adhinat lirabbihā waḥuqqat

وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ

And when the earth has been extended1

wa-idhā l-arḍu muddat

وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ

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

wa-alqat mā fīhā watakhallat

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

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

wa-adhinat lirabbihā waḥuqqat

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

yāayyuhā l-insānu innaka kādiḥun ilā rabbika kadḥan famulāqīhi

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ

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

fa-ammā man ūtiya kitābahu biyamīnihi

فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا

He will be judged with an easy account

fasawfa yuḥāsabu ḥisāban yasīran

وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا

And return to his people in happiness.

wayanqalibu ilā ahlihi masrūran

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ

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

wa-ammā man ūtiya kitābahu warāa ẓahrihi

فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًا

He will cry out for destruction

fasawfa yadʿū thubūran

وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا

And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

wayaṣlā saʿīran

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا

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

innahu kāna fī ahlihi masrūran

إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ

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

innahu ẓanna an lan yaḥūra

بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًا

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

balā inna rabbahu kāna bihi baṣīran

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ

So I swear by the twilight glow

falā uq'simu bil-shafaqi

وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ

And [by] the night and what it envelops

wa-al-layli wamā wasaqa

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ

And [by] the moon when it becomes full

wal-qamari idhā ittasaqa

لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ

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

latarkabunna ṭabaqan ʿan ṭabaqin

فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

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

famā lahum lā yu'minūna

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩

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

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

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ

But those who have disbelieved deny,

bali alladhīna kafarū yukadhibūna

وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ

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

wal-lahu aʿlamu bimā yūʿūna

فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

fabashir'hum biʿadhābin alīmin

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ

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

illā alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti lahum ajrun ghayru mamnūnin