Al-Inshiqaaq

إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ

When the sky bursts open

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

obeying its Lord as it must

وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ

and when the earth is flattened out

وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ

and ejects ˹all˺ its contents and becomes empty

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

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

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَـٰقِيهِ

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

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ

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

فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا

they will have an easy reckoning

وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا

and will return to their people joyfully.

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ

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

فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًا

they will cry for ˹instant˺ destruction

وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا

and will burn in the blazing Fire.

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا

For they used to be prideful among their people

إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ

thinking they would never return ˹to Allah˺.

بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًا

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

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ

So, I do swear by the twilight!

وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ

And by the night and whatever it envelops!

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ

And by the moon when it waxes full!

لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ

You will certainly pass from one state to another.

فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

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

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩

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

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ

In fact, the disbelievers persist in denial.

وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ

But Allah knows best whatever they hide.

فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

So give them good news of a painful punishment.

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ

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