Al-Inshiqaq
The Sundering
25 verses
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتۡ
١Itha alssamao inshaqqat
When the sky has split [open]
وَأَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡ
٢Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
وَإِذَا ٱلۡأَرۡضُ مُدَّتۡ
٣Waitha alardu muddat
And when the earth has been extended
وَأَلۡقَتۡ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتۡ
٤Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
وَأَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡ
٥Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدۡحٗا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ
٦Ya ayyuha alinsanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi
O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it
فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ
٧Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi
Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand
فَسَوۡفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابٗا يَسِيرٗا
٨Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran
He will be judged with an easy account
وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورٗا
٩Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran
And return to his people in happiness
وَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهۡرِهِۦ
١٠Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi
But as for he who is given his record behind his back
فَسَوۡفَ يَدۡعُواْ ثُبُورٗا
١١Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran
He will cry out for destruction
وَيَصۡلَىٰ سَعِيرًا
١٢Wayasla saAAeeran
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِيٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورًا
١٣Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness
إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ
١٤Innahu thanna an lan yahoora
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah]
بَلَىٰٓۚ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرٗا
١٥Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing
فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ
١٦Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi
So I swear by the twilight glow
وَٱلَّيۡلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ
١٧Waallayli wama wasaqa
And [by] the night and what it envelops
وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ
١٨Waalqamari itha ittasaqa
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
لَتَرۡكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٖ
١٩Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin
[That] you will surely experience state after state
فَمَا لَهُمۡ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ
٢٠Fama lahum la yuminoona
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe
وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ لَا يَسۡجُدُونَۤ۩
٢١Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona
And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ يُكَذِّبُونَ
٢٢Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona
But those who have disbelieved deny
وَٱللَّهُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ
٢٣WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves
فَبَشِّرۡهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
٢٤Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin
So give them tidings of a painful punishment
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمۡ أَجۡرٌ غَيۡرُ مَمۡنُونِۭ
٢٥Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin
Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted
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