Al-Inshiqaq

إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ

ʹIẓas Samaaaʹuñ shaq̣q̣at,

When the sky has split [open]

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

Wa-ʹaẓinat li-Rabbihaa wa-ḥuq̣q̣at;

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

وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ

Wa-ʹiẓal ʹarḍu muddat,

And when the earth has been extended

وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ

Waʹalq̣at maa- feehaa wa-takhallat,

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

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

Wa-ʹaẓinat li-Rabbihaa wa-ḥuq̣q̣at.

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

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَـٰقِيهِ

Yaaaʹayyuhal ʹiñsaanu ʹinnaka kaadiḥun ʹilaa Rabbika kad-ḥañ famulaaq̣eeh.

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

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ

Faʹammaa man ʹootiya Kitaabahoo biyameenih.

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

فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا

Fasawfa yuḥaasabu ḥisaabañy yaseeraa,

He will be judged with an easy account

وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا

Wa-yañq̣alibu ʹilaaa ʹahlihee masrooraa.

And return to his people in happiness.

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ

Wa-ʹammaa man ʹootiya Kitaabahoo wa-raaaʹa z̤̣ahrih,

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

فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًا

Fasawfa yadʻoo s̤ubooraa,

He will cry out for destruction

وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا

Wa-yaṣlaa Saʻeeraa.

And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا

ʹInnahoo kaana feee ahlihee masrooraa.

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

إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ

ʹInnahoo z̤̣anna ʹal lañy yaḥoor!

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

بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًا

Balaaa ʹinna Rabbahoo kaana bihee Baṣeeraa!

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

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ

Falaaa ʹuq̣simu bish-Shafaq̣;

So I swear by the twilight glow

وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ

Wallayli wa-maa wa-saq̣;

And [by] the night and what it envelops

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ

Wal-Q̣amari ʹiẓat tasaq̣;

And [by] the moon when it becomes full

لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ

Latarkabunna ṭabaq̣an ʻañ ṭabaq̣.

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

فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

Famaa lahum laa- yuʹminoon,

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

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩

Wa-ʹiẓaa q̣uriʹa ʻalayhimul Q̣urʹaanu laa- yasjudoon?

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

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ

Balil laẓeena kafaroo yukaẓẓiboon.

But those who have disbelieved deny,

وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ

Wallaahu ʹAʻlamu bimaa yooʻoon.

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

فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

Fabashshirhum̃ biʻAẓaabin ʹaleem,

So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ

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

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