Al-Inshiqaq

اِذَا السَّمَآءُ انْشَقَّتۡۙ‏

When the sky has split [open]

وَاَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡۙ‏

And has listened [i.e., responded]1 to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]

وَاِذَا الۡاَرۡضُ مُدَّتۡؕ‏

And when the earth has been extended1

وَاَلۡقَتۡ مَا فِيۡهَا وَتَخَلَّتۡۙ‏

And has cast out that within it1 and relinquished [it].

وَاَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡؕ‏

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

يٰۤاَيُّهَا الۡاِنۡسَانُ اِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ اِلٰى رَبِّكَ كَدۡحًا فَمُلٰقِيۡهِ​ۚ‏ 

O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion1 and will meet it.2

فَاَمَّا مَنۡ اُوۡتِىَ كِتٰبَهٗ بِيَمِيۡنِهٖۙ‏

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

فَسَوۡفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَّسِيۡرًا ۙ‏

He will be judged with an easy account

وَّيَنۡقَلِبُ اِلٰٓى اَهۡلِهٖ مَسۡرُوۡرًا ؕ‏

And return to his people in happiness.

وَاَمَّا مَنۡ اُوۡتِىَ كِتٰبَهٗ وَرَآءَ ظَهۡرِهٖۙ‏

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

فَسَوۡفَ يَدۡعُوۡا ثُبُوۡرًا ۙ‏

He will cry out for destruction

وَّيَصۡلٰى سَعِيۡرًا ؕ‏

And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

اِنَّهٗ كَانَ فِىۡۤ اَهۡلِهٖ مَسۡرُوۡرًا ؕ‏

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

اِنَّهٗ ظَنَّ اَنۡ لَّنۡ يَّحُوۡرَ ۛۚ‏

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

بَلٰٓى ۛۚ اِنَّ رَبَّهٗ كَانَ بِهٖ بَصِيۡرًا ؕ‏

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

فَلَاۤ اُقۡسِمُ بِالشَّفَقِۙ‏

So I swear by the twilight glow

وَالَّيۡلِ وَمَا وَسَقَۙ‏

And [by] the night and what it envelops

وَالۡقَمَرِ اِذَا اتَّسَقَۙ‏

And [by] the moon when it becomes full

لَتَرۡكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَنۡ طَبَقٍؕ‏

[That] you will surely embark upon [i.e., experience] state after state.1

فَمَا لَهُمۡ لَا يُؤۡمِنُوۡنَۙ‏

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

وَاِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيۡهِمُ الۡقُرۡاٰنُ لَا يَسۡجُدُوۡنَ ؕ ۩‏

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

بَلِ الَّذِيۡنَ كَفَرُوۡا يُكَذِّبُوۡنَ ۖ‏

But those who have disbelieved deny,

وَاللّٰهُ اَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يُوۡعُوۡنَ ۖ‏

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

فَبَشِّرۡهُمۡ بِعَذَابٍ اَلِيۡمٍۙ‏

So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

اِلَّا الَّذِيۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ لَهُمۡ اَجۡرٌ غَيۡرُ مَمۡنُوۡنٍ‏ 

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