84. Al-Inshiqaq

إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتۡ

When the sky is rent asunder

وَأَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡ

and hearkens to the command of its Lord, doing what it should

وَإِذَا ٱلۡأَرۡضُ مُدَّتۡ

and when the earth is stretched out

وَأَلۡقَتۡ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتۡ

and casts out what is within it and is emptied

وَأَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡ

and hearkens to the command of its Lord, doing what it should

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدۡحࣰ ا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ

O man, you are striving unto your Lord and you will meet Him

فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ

Whoever is given the Record in his right hand

فَسَوۡفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابࣰ ا يَسِيرࣰ ا

shall be called to an easy accounting

وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورࣰ ا

and shall return to his people joyfully

وَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهۡرِهِۦ

But he who is given the Record behind his back

فَسَوۡفَ يَدۡعُواْ ثُبُورࣰ ا

shall cry for “perdition,”

وَيَصۡلَىٰ سَعِيرًا

and will enter the Blazing Fire

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِيٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورًا

He used to live joyfully among his people

إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ

thinking he would never revert (to Us)

بَلَىٰٓۚ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرࣰ ا

But no; (how would he not revert)? His Lord was ever watching him

فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ

Nay; I swear by the twilight

وَٱلَّيۡلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ

and by the night and what it enfolds

وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ

and by the moon, when it reaches its fullness

لَتَرۡكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقࣲ‏

you shall proceed onwards from stage to stage

فَمَا لَهُمۡ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ

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

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ لَا يَسۡجُدُونَۤ۩

and when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate themselves

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ يُكَذِّبُونَ

Instead, the unbelievers reject it, calling it a lie

وَٱللَّهُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ

Allah knows best what they are accumulating (in their Record)

فَبَشِّرۡهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

So give them the good news of a painful chastisement

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمۡ أَجۡرٌ غَيۡرُ مَمۡنُونِۭ

except for those who believe and do good deeds. Theirs shall be an unending reward