Surah Al-Inshiqaq - English Translation by Hamid S Aziz
إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتۡ
                  When the heaven is rent asunder                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 1
                
وَأَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡ
                  And gives ear unto its Lord, and is dutiful                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 2
                
وَإِذَا ٱلۡأَرۡضُ مُدَّتۡ
                  And when the earth is stretched out                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 3
                
وَأَلۡقَتۡ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتۡ
                  And casts forth what is within it, and is emptied (or clean)                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 4
                
وَأَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡ
                  And gives ear unto its Lord, and is dutiful                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 5
                
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدۡحٗا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ
                  O man! Verily, you are toiling on towards your Lord, painfully toiling; wherefore shall you meet Him                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 6
                
فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ
                  And as for him who is given his record in his right hand                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 7
                
فَسَوۡفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابٗا يَسِيرٗا
                  His account shall be taken with an easy reckoning                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 8
                
وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورٗا
                  And he shall go back to his people rejoicing                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 9
                
وَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهۡرِهِۦ
                  But as for him who is given his book behind his back                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 10
                
فَسَوۡفَ يَدۡعُواْ ثُبُورٗا
                  He shall call out for destruction                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 11
                
وَيَصۡلَىٰ سَعِيرًا
                  But he shall broil in a blazing Fire                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 12
                
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِيٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورًا
                  Verily, he was amongst his family joyful                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 13
                
إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ
                  Verily, he thought that he should never return to Allah                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 14
                
بَلَىٰٓۚ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرٗا
                  Nay, nay! Verily, his Lord did watch him                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 15
                
فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ
                  So I do call as witness the glow of sunset                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 16
                
وَٱلَّيۡلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ
                  Or the night, and its homing                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 17
                
وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ
                  Or the moon in her fullness                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 18
                
لَتَرۡكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٖ
                  You shall surely travel from stage to stage                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 19
                
فَمَا لَهُمۡ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ
                  What ails them that they believe not                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 20
                
وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ لَا يَسۡجُدُونَۤ۩
                  And, when the Quran is read to them, they fall not prostrate                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 21
                
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ يُكَذِّبُونَ
                  On the contrary, the unbelievers reject it                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 22
                
وَٱللَّهُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ
                  But Allah knows best the (malice) that they hide                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 23
                
فَبَشِّرۡهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
                  So announce to them the grievous woe                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 24
                
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمۡ أَجۡرٌ غَيۡرُ مَمۡنُونِۭ
                  Save those who believe and work right. For them is an unfailing reward                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 25