Surah Al-Insyiqaq — The Sundering

اِذَا السَّمَاۤءُ انْشَقَّتْۙ

Iżas-samā'unsyaqqat.

When the sky has split [open]

وَاَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْۙ

Wa ażinat lirabbihā wa ḥuqqat.

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

وَاِذَا الْاَرْضُ مُدَّتْۙ

Wa iẓal-arḍu muddat.

And when the earth has been extended

وَاَلْقَتْ مَا فِيْهَا وَتَخَلَّتْۙ

Wa alqat mā fīhā wa takhallat.

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

وَاَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْۗ

Wa ażinat lirabbihā wa ḥuqqat.

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

يٰٓاَيُّهَا الْاِنْسَانُ اِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ اِلٰى رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلٰقِيْهِۚ

Yā ayyuhal-insānu innaka kādiḥun ilā rabbika kadḥan fa mulāqīh(i).

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

فَاَمَّا مَنْ اُوْتِيَ كِتٰبَهٗ بِيَمِيْنِهٖۙ

Fa ammā man ūtiya kitābahū biyamīnih(ī).

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

فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَّسِيْرًاۙ

Fa saufa yuḥāsabu ḥisābay yasīrā(n).

He will be judged with an easy account

وَّيَنْقَلِبُ اِلٰٓى اَهْلِهٖ مَسْرُوْرًاۗ

Wa yanqalibu ilā ahlihī masrūrā(n).

And return to his people in happiness.

وَاَمَّا مَنْ اُوْتِيَ كِتٰبَهٗ وَرَاۤءَ ظَهْرِهٖۙ

Wa ammā man ūtiya kitābahū warā'a ẓahrih(ī).

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

فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوْا ثُبُوْرًاۙ

Fa saufa yad‘ū ṡubūrā(n).

He will cry out for destruction

وَّيَصْلٰى سَعِيْرًاۗ

Wa yaṣlā sa‘īrā(n).

And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

اِنَّهٗ كَانَ فِيْٓ اَهْلِهٖ مَسْرُوْرًاۗ

Innahū kāna fī ahlihī masrūrā(n).

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

اِنَّهٗ ظَنَّ اَنْ لَّنْ يَّحُوْرَ ۛ

Innahū ẓanna allay yaḥūr(a).

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

بَلٰىۛ اِنَّ رَبَّهٗ كَانَ بِهٖ بَصِيْرًاۗ

Balā, inna rabbahū kāna bihī baṣīrā(n).

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

فَلَآ اُقْسِمُ بِالشَّفَقِۙ

Falā uqsimu bisy-syafaq(i).

So I swear by the twilight glow

وَالَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَۙ

Wal-laili wa mā wasaq(a).

And [by] the night and what it envelops

وَالْقَمَرِ اِذَا اتَّسَقَۙ

Wal-qamari iżattasaq(a).

And [by] the moon when it becomes full

لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَنْ طَبَقٍۗ

Latarkabunna ṭabaqan ‘an ṭabaq(in).

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

فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُوْنَۙ

Famā lahum lā yu'minūn(a).

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

وَاِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقُرْاٰنُ لَا يَسْجُدُوْنَ ۗ ۩

Wa iżā quri'a ‘alaihimul-qur'ānu lā yasjudūn(a).

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

بَلِ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا يُكَذِّبُوْنَۖ

Balil-lażīna kafarū yukażżibūn(a).

But those who have disbelieved deny,

وَاللّٰهُ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوْعُوْنَۖ

Wallāhu a‘lamu bimā yū‘ūn(a).

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

فَبَشِّرْهُمْ بِعَذَابٍ اَلِيْمٍۙ

Fa basysyirhum bi‘ażābin alīm(in).

So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

اِلَّا الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ لَهُمْ اَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُوْنٍ ࣖ

Illal-lażīna āmanū wa ‘amiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti lahum ajrun gairu mamnūn(in).

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