Surah Al-Inshiqaq

Verse 84:1

اِذَا السَّمَآءُ انْشَقَّتْ ۟ۙ

ʹIẓas Samaaaʹuñ shaq̣q̣at,

When the sky bursts open,

Verse 84:2

وَاَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ ۟ۙ

Wa-ʹaẓinat li-Rabbihaa wa-ḥuq̣q̣at;

obeying its Lord as it must,

Verse 84:3

وَاِذَا الْاَرْضُ مُدَّتْ ۟ؕ

Wa-ʹiẓal ʹarḍu muddat,

and when the earth is flattened out,

Verse 84:4

وَاَلْقَتْ مَا فِیْهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ ۟ۙ

Waʹalq̣at maa- feehaa wa-takhallat,

and ejects ˹all˺ its contents and becomes empty,

Verse 84:5

وَاَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ ۟ؕ

Wa-ʹaẓinat li-Rabbihaa wa-ḥuq̣q̣at.

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

Verse 84:6

یٰۤاَیُّهَا الْاِنْسَانُ اِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ اِلٰی رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلٰقِیْهِ ۟ۚ

Yaaaʹayyuhal ʹiñsaanu ʹinnaka kaadiḥun ʹilaa Rabbika kad-ḥañ famulaaq̣eeh.

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

Verse 84:7

فَاَمَّا مَنْ اُوْتِیَ كِتٰبَهٗ بِیَمِیْنِهٖ ۟ۙ

Faʹammaa man ʹootiya Kitaabahoo biyameenih.

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

Verse 84:8

فَسَوْفَ یُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا یَّسِیْرًا ۟ۙ

Fasawfa yuḥaasabu ḥisaabañy yaseeraa,

they will have an easy reckoning,

Verse 84:9

وَّیَنْقَلِبُ اِلٰۤی اَهْلِهٖ مَسْرُوْرًا ۟ؕ

Wa-yañq̣alibu ʹilaaa ʹahlihee masrooraa.

and will return to their people joyfully.

Verse 84:10

وَاَمَّا مَنْ اُوْتِیَ كِتٰبَهٗ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهٖ ۟ۙ

Wa-ʹammaa man ʹootiya Kitaabahoo wa-raaaʹa z̤̣ahrih,

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

Verse 84:11

فَسَوْفَ یَدْعُوْا ثُبُوْرًا ۟ۙ

Fasawfa yadʻoo s̤ubooraa,

they will cry for ˹instant˺ destruction,

Verse 84:12

وَّیَصْلٰی سَعِیْرًا ۟ؕ

Wa-yaṣlaa Saʻeeraa.

and will burn in the blazing Fire.

Verse 84:13

اِنَّهٗ كَانَ فِیْۤ اَهْلِهٖ مَسْرُوْرًا ۟ؕ

ʹInnahoo kaana feee ahlihee masrooraa.

For they used to be prideful among their people,

Verse 84:14

اِنَّهٗ ظَنَّ اَنْ لَّنْ یَّحُوْرَ ۟ۚۛ

ʹInnahoo z̤̣anna ʹal lañy yaḥoor!

thinking they would never return ˹to Allah˺.

Verse 84:15

بَلٰۤی ۛۚ اِنَّ رَبَّهٗ كَانَ بِهٖ بَصِیْرًا ۟ؕ

Balaaa ʹinna Rabbahoo kaana bihee Baṣeeraa!

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

Verse 84:16

فَلَاۤ اُقْسِمُ بِالشَّفَقِ ۟ۙ

Falaaa ʹuq̣simu bish-Shafaq̣;

So, I do swear by the twilight!

Verse 84:17

وَالَّیْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ ۟ۙ

Wallayli wa-maa wa-saq̣;

And by the night and whatever it envelops!

Verse 84:18

وَالْقَمَرِ اِذَا اتَّسَقَ ۟ۙ

Wal-Q̣amari ʹiẓat tasaq̣;

And by the moon when it waxes full!

Verse 84:19

لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَنْ طَبَقٍ ۟ؕ

Latarkabunna ṭabaq̣an ʻañ ṭabaq̣.

You will certainly pass from one state to another.

Verse 84:20

فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا یُؤْمِنُوْنَ ۟ۙ

Famaa lahum laa- yuʹminoon,

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

Verse 84:21

وَاِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَیْهِمُ الْقُرْاٰنُ لَا یَسْجُدُوْنَ ۟

Wa-ʹiẓaa q̣uriʹa ʻalayhimul Q̣urʹaanu laa- yasjudoon?

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

Verse 84:22

بَلِ الَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا یُكَذِّبُوْنَ ۟ؗۖ

Balil laẓeena kafaroo yukaẓẓiboon.

In fact, the disbelievers persist in denial.

Verse 84:23

وَاللّٰهُ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا یُوْعُوْنَ ۟ؗۖ

Wallaahu ʹAʻlamu bimaa yooʻoon.

But Allah knows best whatever they hide.

Verse 84:24

فَبَشِّرْهُمْ بِعَذَابٍ اَلِیْمٍ ۟ۙ

Fabashshirhum̃ biʻAẓaabin ʹaleem,

So give them good news of a painful punishment.

Verse 84:25

اِلَّا الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ لَهُمْ اَجْرٌ غَیْرُ مَمْنُوْنٍ ۟۠

ʹIllal laẓeena ʹaamanoo wa-ʻamiluṣ ṣaaliḥaati lahum ʹAjrun g̣ayru mamnoon.

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