Surah Al-Inshiqaq - English Translation by Safi Ur Rahman Al Mubarakpuri
إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتۡ
                  When the heaven is split asunder                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 1
                
وَأَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡ
                  And listens to and obeys its Lord -- and it must do so                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 2
                
وَإِذَا ٱلۡأَرۡضُ مُدَّتۡ
                  And when the earth is stretched forth                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 3
                
وَأَلۡقَتۡ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتۡ
                  And has cast out all that was in it and became empty                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 4
                
وَأَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡ
                  And listens to and obeys its Lord -- and it must do so                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 5
                
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدۡحٗا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ
                  O man! Verily, you are returning towards your Lord with your deeds and actions, a sure returning, and you will meet                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 6
                
فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ
                  Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 7
                
فَسَوۡفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابٗا يَسِيرٗا
                  He surely will receive an easy reckoning                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 8
                
وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورٗا
                  And will return to his family Masrur (in joy)                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 9
                
وَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهۡرِهِۦ
                  But whosoever is given his Record behind his back                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 10
                
فَسَوۡفَ يَدۡعُواْ ثُبُورٗا
                  He will invoke destruction                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 11
                
وَيَصۡلَىٰ سَعِيرًا
                  And he shall enter a blazing Fire, and made to taste its burning                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 12
                
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِيٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورًا
                  Verily, he was among his people in joy                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 13
                
إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ
                  Verily, he thought that he would never return                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 14
                
بَلَىٰٓۚ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرٗا
                  Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 15
                
فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ
                  But no! I swear by Ash-Shafaq                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 16
                
وَٱلَّيۡلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ
                  And the night and what it Wasaqa                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 17
                
وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ
                  And the moon when it Ittasaq                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 18
                
لَتَرۡكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٖ
                  You shall certainly travel from stage                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 19
                
فَمَا لَهُمۡ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ
                  What is the matter with them, that they believe not                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 20
                
وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ لَا يَسۡجُدُونَۤ۩
                  And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they fall not prostrate                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 21
                
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ يُكَذِّبُونَ
                  Nay, those who disbelieve deny                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 22
                
وَٱللَّهُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ
                  And Allah knows best what they gather                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 23
                
فَبَشِّرۡهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
                  So, announce to them a painful torment                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 24
                
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمۡ أَجۡرٌ غَيۡرُ مَمۡنُونِۭ
                  Save those who believe and                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 25