84. Surah Al-Inshiqaq The Splitting Open
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ
Bismi Allahi arrahmani arraheem
In the name of Allah, All-Merciful, Most Merciful
1.
اِذَا السَّمَٓاءُ انْشَقَّتْۙ
Itha assamao inshaqqat
When the sky bursts open,
2.
وَاَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْۙ
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
hearkening to its Lord as it is bound to do!
3.
وَاِذَا الْاَرْضُ مُدَّتْۙ
Wa-itha al-ardu muddat
When the earth is flattened out
4.
وَاَلْقَتْ مَا ف۪يهَا وَتَخَلَّتْۙ
Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat
and disgorges what is inside it and empties out,
5.
وَاَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْۜ
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
hearkening to its Lord as it is bound to do!
6.
يَٓا اَيُّهَا الْاِنْسَانُ اِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ اِلٰى رَبِّكَ كَدْحاً فَمُلَاق۪يهِۚ
Ya ayyuha al-insanuinnaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhanfamulaqeeh
O Man! You are toiling laboriously towards your Lord but meet Him you will!
7.
فَاَمَّا مَنْ اُو۫تِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَم۪ينِه۪ۙ
Faama man ootiya kitabahubiyameenih
As for him who is given his Book in his right hand,
8.
فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَاباً يَس۪يراًۙ
Fasawfa yuhasabu hisabanyaseera
he will be given an easy reckoning
9.
وَيَنْقَلِبُ اِلٰٓى اَهْلِه۪ مَسْرُوراًۜ
Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masroora
and return to his family joyfully.
10.
وَاَمَّا مَنْ اُو۫تِيَ كِتَابَهُ وَرَٓاءَ ظَهْرِه۪ۙ
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraathahrih
But as for him who is given his Book behind his back,
11.
فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا ثُبُوراًۙ
Fasawfa yadAAoo thuboora
he will cry out for destruction
12.
وَيَصْلٰى سَع۪يراًۜ
Wayasla saAAeera
but will be roasted in a Searing Blaze.
13.
اِنَّهُ كَانَ ف۪ٓي اَهْلِه۪ مَسْرُوراً
Innahu kana fee ahlihi masroora
He used to be joyful in his family.
14.
اِنَّهُ ظَنَّ اَنْ لَنْ يَحُورَۚۛ
Innahu thanna an lan yahoor
He thought that he was never going to return.
15.
بَلٰىۚۛ اِنَّ رَبَّهُ كَانَ بِه۪ بَص۪يراًۜ
Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseera
But in fact his Lord was always watching him!
16.
فَلَٓا اُقْسِمُ بِالشَّفَقِۙ
Fala oqsimu bishshafaq
No, I swear by the evening glow,
17.
وَالَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَۙ
Wallayli wama wasaq
and the night and all it shrouds,
18.
وَالْقَمَرِ اِذَا اتَّسَقَۙ
Walqamari itha ittasaq
and the moon when it is full,
19.
لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقاً عَنْ طَبَقٍۜ
Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaq
you will mount up stage by stage!
20.
فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَۙ
Fama lahum la yu/minoon
What is the matter with them that they have no iman
21.
وَاِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقُرْاٰنُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَۜ
Wa-itha quri-a AAalayhimu alqur-anula yasjudoon
and, when the Qur’an is recited to them, do not prostrate?
22.
بَلِ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا يُكَذِّبُونَۘ
Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboon
In fact those who are kafir say that it is lies.
23.
وَاللّٰهُ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَۘ
Wallahu aAAlamu bimayooAAoon
But Allah knows best what they are storing in their hearts.
24.
فَبَشِّرْهُمْ بِعَذَابٍ اَل۪يمٍۙ
Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleem
Give them the news of a painful punishment –
25.
اِلَّا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَهُمْ اَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ
Illa allatheena amanoowaAAamiloo assalihati lahum ajrun ghayrumamnoon
except those who have iman and do right actions: they will have a wage which never fails.