Chapter 84

The Splitting OpenAl-Inshiqaaq (الإنشقاق)

25 verses • revealed at Meccan

1 إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ
When the sky is rent asunder,
2 وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, and it must needs (do so);-
3 وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ
And when the earth is flattened out,
4 وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ
And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) empty,
5 وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord,- and it must needs (do so);- (then will come Home the full reality).
6 يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ
O thou man! Verily thou art ever toiling on towards thy Lord- painfully toiling,- but thou shalt meet Him.
7 فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ
Then he who is given his Record in his right hand,
8 فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا
Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,
9 وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا
And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!
10 وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ
But he who is given his Record behind his back,-
11 فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًا
Soon will he cry for perdition,
12 وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا
And he will enter a Blazing Fire.
13 إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا
Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing!
14 إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ
Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)!
15 بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًا
Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of him!
16 فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ
So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset;
17 وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ
The Night and its Homing;
18 وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ
And the Moon in her fullness:
19 لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ
Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.
20 فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
What then is the matter with them, that they believe not?-
21 وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ
And when the Qur'an is read to them, they fall not prostrate,
22 بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ
But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).
23 وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ
But Allah has full knowledge of what they secrete (in their breasts)
24 فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,
25 إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ
Except to those who believe and work righteous deeds: For them is a Reward that will never fail.