Surah Inshiqaq — The Sundering

إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ 84:1

Itha assamao inshaqqat

When the heaven is split asunder

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ 84:2

Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

And attentive to her Lord in fear,

وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ 84:3

Wa-itha al-ardu muddat

And when the earth is spread out

وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ 84:4

Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat

And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ 84:5

Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

And attentive to her Lord in fear!

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَـٰقِيهِ 84:6

Ya ayyuha al-insanuinnaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhanfamulaqeeh

Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence).

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ 84:7

Faama man ootiya kitabahubiyameenih

Then whoso is given his account in his right hand

فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا 84:8

Fasawfa yuhasabu hisabanyaseera

He truly will receive an easy reckoning

وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا 84:9

Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masroora

And will return unto his folk in joy.

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ 84:10

Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraathahrih

But whoso is given his account behind his back,

فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًا 84:11

Fasawfa yadAAoo thuboora

He surely will invoke destruction

وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا 84:12

Wayasla saAAeera

And be thrown to scorching fire.

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا 84:13

Innahu kana fee ahlihi masroora

He verily lived joyous with his folk,

إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ 84:14

Innahu thanna an lan yahoor

He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).

بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًا 84:15

Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseera

Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ 84:16

Fala oqsimu bishshafaq

Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,

وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ 84:17

Wallayli wama wasaq

And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ 84:18

Walqamari itha ittasaq

And by the moon when she is at the full,

لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ 84:19

Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaq

That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.

فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ 84:20

Fama lahum la yu/minoon

What aileth them, then, that they believe not

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩ 84:21

Wa-itha quri-a AAalayhimu alqur-anula yasjudoon

And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah)?

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ 84:22

Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboon

Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;

وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ 84:23

Wallahu aAAlamu bimayooAAoon

And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.

فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ 84:24

Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleem

So give them tidings of a painful doom,

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ 84:25

Illa allatheena amanoowaAAamiloo assalihati lahum ajrun ghayrumamnoon

Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.