Surah Al Inshiqaq

إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتۡ  

When the heaven is split asunder,

وَأَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّہَا وَحُقَّتۡ  

And listens and obeys its Lord, and it must do so;

وَإِذَا ٱلۡأَرۡضُ مُدَّتۡ

And when the earth is stretched forth,

وَأَلۡقَتۡ مَا فِيہَا وَتَخَلَّتۡ  

And has cast out all that was in it and became empty,

وَأَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّہَا وَحُقَّتۡ  

And listens and obeys its Lord, and it must do so;

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدۡحً۬ا فَمُلَـٰقِيهِ

O man!

Verily, you are returning towards your Lord with your deeds and actions (good or bad), a sure returning, so you will meet (i.e. the results of your deeds which you did).

فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُ ۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ  

Then, as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand,

فَسَوۡفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابً۬ا يَسِيرً۬ا  

He surely will receive an easy reckoning,

وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورً۬ا  

And will return to his family in joy!

وَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُ ۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهۡرِهِۦ  

But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,

فَسَوۡفَ يَدۡعُواْ ثُبُورً۬ا  

He will invoke (his) destruction,

وَيَصۡلَىٰ سَعِيرًا  

And shall enter a blazing Fire, and made to taste its burning.

إِنَّهُ ۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورًا  

Verily, he was among his people in joy!

إِنَّهُ ۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ  

Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to Us)!

بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُ ۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرً۬ا  

Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!

فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ  

So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;

وَٱلَّيۡلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ

And by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness;

وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ  

And by the moon when it is at the full,

لَتَرۡكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ۬  

You shall certainly travel from stage to stage (in this life and in the Hereafter).

فَمَا لَهُمۡ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ

What is the matter with them, that they believe not?

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيۡہِمُ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ لَا يَسۡجُدُونَ 

And when the Qur'ân is recited to them, they fall not prostrate, ۩

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ يُكَذِّبُونَ  

Nay, (on the contrary), those who disbelieve, belie.

(Prophet Muhammad and whatever he brought, i.e. this Qur'ân and Islâmic Monotheism, etc.)

وَٱللَّهُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ  

And Allâh knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds),

فَبَشِّرۡهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ  

So announce to them a painful torment.

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمۡ أَجۡرٌ غَيۡرُ مَمۡنُونِۭ  

Save those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them is a reward that will never come to an end (i.e. Paradise).

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