Surah Al-Inshiqaaq

إِذَاٱلسَّمَآءُٱنشَقَّتْ

WHEN THE SKY is split asunder,

وَأَذِنَتْلِرَبِّهَاوَحُقَّتْ

obeying its Sustainer, as in truth it must;

وَإِذَاٱلْأَرْضُمُدَّتْ

and when the earth is leveled,

وَأَلْقَتْمَافِيهَاوَتَخَلَّتْ

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

وَأَذِنَتْلِرَبِّهَاوَحُقَّتْ

obeying its Sustainer, as in truth it must -:

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلْإِنسَٰنُإِنَّكَكَادِحٌإِلَىٰرَبِّكَكَدْحًۭافَمُلَٰقِيهِ

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

فَأَمَّامَنْأُوتِىَكِتَٰبَهُۥبِيَمِينِهِۦ

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

فَسَوْفَيُحَاسَبُحِسَابًۭايَسِيرًۭا

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

وَيَنقَلِبُإِلَىٰٓأَهْلِهِۦمَسْرُورًۭا

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

وَأَمَّامَنْأُوتِىَكِتَٰبَهُۥوَرَآءَظَهْرِهِۦ

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

فَسَوْفَيَدْعُوا۟ثُبُورًۭا

he will in time pray for utter destruction:

وَيَصْلَىٰسَعِيرًا

but he will enter the blazing flame.

إِنَّهُۥكَانَفِىٓأَهْلِهِۦمَسْرُورًا

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

إِنَّهُۥظَنَّأَنلَّنيَحُورَ

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

بَلَىٰٓإِنَّرَبَّهُۥكَانَبِهِۦبَصِيرًۭا

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

فَلَآأُقْسِمُبِٱلشَّفَقِ

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

وَٱلَّيْلِوَمَاوَسَقَ

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

وَٱلْقَمَرِإِذَاٱتَّسَقَ

and the moon, as it grows to its fullness:

لَتَرْكَبُنَّطَبَقًاعَنطَبَقٍۢ

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

فَمَالَهُمْلَايُؤْمِنُونَ

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