Al-'Inshiqāq
The Sundering
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الإنشقاق
إِذَا When idhā the sky l-samāu is split asunder inshaqqat
When the sky has split [open]
وَأَذِنَتْ And has listened wa-adhinat to its Lord lirabbihā and was obligated waḥuqqat
And has listened [i.e., responded] to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
وَإِذَا And when wa-idhā the earth l-arḍu is spread muddat
And when the earth has been extended
وَأَلْقَتْ And has cast out wa-alqat what mā (is) in it fīhā and becomes empty watakhallat
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it].
وَأَذِنَتْ And has listened wa-adhinat to its Lord lirabbihā and was obligated waḥuqqat
And has listened [i.e., responded] to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا O yāayyuhā mankind l-insānu Indeed, you innaka (are) laboring kādiḥun to ilā your Lord rabbika (with) exertion kadḥan and you (will) meet Him famulāqīhi
O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.
فَأَمَّا Then as for fa-ammā (him) who man is given ūtiya his record kitābahu in his right (hand) biyamīnihi
Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,
فَسَوْفَ Then soon fasawfa his account will be taken yuḥāsabu an account ḥisāban easy yasīran
He will be judged with an easy account
وَيَنقَلِبُ And he will return wayanqalibu to ilā his people ahlihi happily masrūran
And return to his people in happiness.
وَأَمَّا But as for wa-ammā (him) who man is given ūtiya his record kitābahu behind warāa his back ẓahrihi
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
فَسَوْفَ Then soon fasawfa he will call yadʿū (for) destruction thubūran
He will cry out for destruction
وَيَصْلَىٰ And he will burn wayaṣlā (in) a Blaze saʿīran
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
إِنَّهُۥ Indeed, he innahu had been kāna among fī his people ahlihi happy masrūran
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
إِنَّهُۥ Indeed, he innahu (had) thought ẓanna that an never lan he would return yaḥūra
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allāh].
بَلَىٰٓ Yes balā Indeed inna his Lord rabbahu was kāna of him bihi All-Seer baṣīran
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever, of him, Seeing.