Surah 84
سُورَةُ الانشِقَاقِ
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ
ˈiḏā s-samāˈu nšaqqat
When the sky is split open
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
wa-ˈaḏinat li-rabbihā wa-ḥuqqat
and gives ear to its Lord as it should.
وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ
wa-ˈiḏā l-ˈarḍu muddat
When the earth is spread out
وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ
wa-ˈalqat mā fīhā wa-taḫallat
and throws out what is in it, emptying itself,
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
wa-ˈaḏinat li-rabbihā wa-ḥuqqat
and gives ear to its Lord as it should.
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَـٰقِيهِ
yā-ˈayyuhā l-ˈinsānu ˈinnaka kādiḥun ˈilā rabbika kadḥan fa-mulāqīhi
O man! You are labouring toward your Lord laboriously, and you will encounter Him.
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ
fa-ˈammā man ˈūtiya kitābahū bi-yamīnihī
Then, as for him who is given his record [of deeds] in his right hand,
فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا
fa-sawfa yuḥāsabu ḥisāban yasīran
he will receive an easy reckoning,
وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا
wa-yanqalibu ˈilā ˈahlihī masrūran
and he will return to his folks joyfully.
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ
wa-ˈammā man ˈūtiya kitābahū warāˈa ẓahrihī
But as for him who is given his record from behind his back,
فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًا
fa-sawfa yadʿū ṯubūran
he will pray for annihilation
وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا
wa-yaṣlā saʿīran
and enter the Blaze.
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا
ˈinnahū kāna fī ˈahlihī masrūran
Indeed he used to be joyful among his folk,
إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ
ˈinnahū ẓanna ˈan lan yaḥūra
and he thought that he would never return.
بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًا
balā ˈinna rabbahū kāna bihī baṣīran
Yes, his Lord had been watching him.
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ
fa-lā ˈuqsimu bi-š-šafaqi
I swear by the evening glow,
وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ
wa-l-layli wa-mā wasaqa
by the night and what it is fraught with,
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ
wa-l-qamari ˈiḏā ttasaqa
by the moon when it blooms full:
لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ
la-tarkabunna ṭabaqan ʿan ṭabaqin
you will surely fare from stage to stage.
فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
fa-mā lahum lā yuˈminūna
What is the matter with them that they will not believe,
وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩
wa-ˈiḏā quriˈa ʿalayhimu l-qurˈānu lā yasǧudūna
and will not prostrate when the Quran is recited to them?
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ
bali llaḏīna kafarū yukaḏḏibūna
Indeed, the faithless impugn [the Apostle],
وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ
wa-llāhu ˈaʿlamu bi-mā yūʿūna
and Allah knows best what they keep to themselves.
فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
fa-bašširhum bi-ʿaḏābin ˈalīmin
So inform them of a painful punishment,
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ
ˈillā llaḏīna ˈāmanū wa-ʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti lahum ˈaǧrun ġayru mamnūnin
excepting such as are faithful and do righteous deeds: for them there will be an everlasting reward.
English translation: Ali Quli Qarai.