Al-Inshiqaq الانشقاق · Abdul Mohsen al-Qasim

إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتۡ ۝١

When the sky has split [open]

وَأَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡ ۝٢

And has listened [i.e., responded]¹⁸⁸⁸ to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]

وَإِذَا ٱلۡأَرۡضُ مُدَّتۡ ۝٣

And when the earth has been extended¹⁸⁸⁹

وَأَلۡقَتۡ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتۡ ۝٤

And has cast out that within it¹⁸⁹⁰ and relinquished [it]

وَأَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡ ۝٥

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

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدۡحٗا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ ۝٦

O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion¹⁸⁹¹ and will meet it.¹⁸⁹²

فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ ۝٧

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

فَسَوۡفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابٗا يَسِيرٗا ۝٨

He will be judged with an easy account

وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورٗا ۝٩

And return to his people in happiness.

وَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهۡرِهِۦ ۝١٠

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

فَسَوۡفَ يَدۡعُواْ ثُبُورٗا ۝١١

He will cry out for destruction

وَيَصۡلَىٰ سَعِيرًا ۝١٢

And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِيٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورًا ۝١٣

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

إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ ۝١٤

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

بَلَىٰٓۚ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرٗا ۝١٥

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

فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ ۝١٦

So I swear by the twilight glow

وَٱلَّيۡلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ ۝١٧

And [by] the night and what it envelops

وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ ۝١٨

And [by] the moon when it becomes full

لَتَرۡكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٖ ۝١٩

[That] you will surely embark upon [i.e., experience] state after state.¹⁸⁹³

فَمَا لَهُمۡ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ ۝٢٠

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

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ لَا يَسۡجُدُونَۤ ۩ ۝٢١

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

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ يُكَذِّبُونَ ۝٢٢

But those who have disbelieved deny,

وَٱللَّهُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ ۝٢٣

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

فَبَشِّرۡهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ ۝٢٤

So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمۡ أَجۡرٌ غَيۡرُ مَمۡنُونِۭ ۝٢٥

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