Surah Al-Inshiqaq - English Translation by Yusuf Ali Orig
إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتۡ
                  When the sky is rent asunder                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 1
                
وَأَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡ
                  And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, and it must needs (do so)                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 2
                
وَإِذَا ٱلۡأَرۡضُ مُدَّتۡ
                  And when the earth is flattened out                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 3
                
وَأَلۡقَتۡ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتۡ
                  And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) empty                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 4
                
وَأَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡ
                  And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord,- and it must needs (do so);- (then will come Home the full reality)                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 5
                
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدۡحٗا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ
                  O thou man! Verily thou art ever toiling on towards thy Lord- painfully toiling,- but thou shalt meet Him                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 6
                
فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ
                  Then he who is given his Record in his right hand                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 7
                
فَسَوۡفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابٗا يَسِيرٗا
                  Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 8
                
وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورٗا
                  And he will turn to his people, rejoicing                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 9
                
وَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهۡرِهِۦ
                  But he who is given his Record behind his back                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 10
                
فَسَوۡفَ يَدۡعُواْ ثُبُورٗا
                  Soon will he cry for perdition                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 11
                
وَيَصۡلَىٰ سَعِيرًا
                  And he will enter a Blazing Fire                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 12
                
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِيٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورًا
                  Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 13
                
إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ
                  Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 14
                
بَلَىٰٓۚ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرٗا
                  Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of him                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 15
                
فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ
                  So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 16
                
وَٱلَّيۡلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ
                  The Night and its Homing                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 17
                
وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ
                  And the Moon in her fullness                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 18
                
لَتَرۡكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٖ
                  Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 19
                
فَمَا لَهُمۡ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ
                  What then 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 read to them, they fall not prostrate                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 21
                
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ يُكَذِّبُونَ
                  But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it)                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 22
                
وَٱللَّهُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ
                  But God has full knowledge of what they secrete (in their breasts)                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 23
                
فَبَشِّرۡهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
                  So announce to them a Penalty Grievous                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 24
                
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمۡ أَجۡرٌ غَيۡرُ مَمۡنُونِۭ
                  Except to those who believe and work righteous deeds: For them is a Reward that will never fail                  
                  Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 25