Al-Inshiqaq

إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ ١

When the sky bursts open

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ ٢

obeying its Lord as it must

وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ ٣

and when the earth is flattened out

وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ ٤

and ejects ˹all˺ its contents and becomes empty

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ ٥

obeying its Lord as it must, ˹surely you will all be judged˺

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَـٰقِيهِ ٦

O humanity! Indeed, you are labouring restlessly towards your Lord, and will ˹eventually˺ meet the consequences

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ ٧

As for those who are given their record in their right hand

فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا ٨

they will have an easy reckoning

وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا ٩

and will return to their people joyfully

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ ١٠

And as for those who are given their record ˹in their left hand˺ from behind their backs

فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُواْ ثُبُورًا ١١

they will cry for ˹instant˺ destruction

وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا ١٢

and will burn in the blazing Fire

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا ١٣

For they used to be prideful among their people

إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ ١٤

thinking they would never return ˹to Allah˺

بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًا ١٥

Yes ˹they would˺! Surely their Lord has always been All-Seeing of them

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ ١٦

So, I do swear by the twilight

وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ ١٧

And by the night and whatever it envelops

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ ١٨

And by the moon when it waxes full

لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ ١٩

You will certainly pass from one state to another

فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ٢٠

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

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩ ٢١

and when the Quran is recited to them, they do not bow down ˹in submission˺

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ يُكَذِّبُونَ ٢٢

In fact, the disbelievers persist in denial

وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ ٢٣

But Allah knows best whatever they hide

فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ ٢٤

So give them good news of a painful punishment

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونِۭ ٢٥

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