84. Sūrat Al-Inshiqaq · The Sundering

When the sky bursts open,

When the heaven is split asunder

WHEN THE SKY is split asunder,

When the heaven is rent as-under.

When (all) the heavenly bodies will split asunder

obeying its Lord as it must,

And attentive to her Lord in fear,

obeying its Sustainer, as in truth it must;

And listens to the command of its Lord, and it has to do so.

And obey the command of their Lord (with regard to the catastrophic split) and (it is this implementation of the command) that they are bound to do

and when the earth is flattened out,

And when the earth is spread out

and when the earth is leveled,

And when the earth is stretched out.

And when the earth will be flattened out (after it is broken into dust particles)

and ejects ˹all˺ its contents and becomes empty,

And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty

and casts forth whatever is in it, and becomes utterly void,

And casts forth what is in it, and becomes hollow.

And it will cast out all that is inside it and become empty

obeying its Lord as it must, ˹surely you will all be judged˺.

And attentive to her Lord in fear!

obeying its Sustainer, as in truth it must -:

And listens to the command of its Lord, and it has to do so.

And (it) will (also) obey the command of its Lord (with regard to the catastrophic split) and (it is this obedience) which it is worthy of

O humanity! Indeed, you are labouring restlessly towards your Lord, and will ˹eventually˺ meet the consequences.

Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence).

[then,] O man - thou [that] hast, verily, been toiling towards thy Sustainer in painful toil - then shalt thou meet Him!

'O Man! undoubtedly, you are to run, necessarily towards your Lord, then you are to meet Him.

O man! You sustain rigours to reach your Lord. Ultimately, you will meet Him

As for those who are given their record in their right hand,

Then whoso is given his account in his right hand

And as for him whose record shall be placed in his right hand,

Then as to one who is given his record in his right hand.

So as for him who will be given his record in his right hand

they will have an easy reckoning,

He truly will receive an easy reckoning

he will in time be called to account with an easy accounting,

He will soon have an easy reckoning.

He will soon be given an easy reckoning

and will return to their people joyfully.

And will return unto his folk in joy.

and will [be able to] turn joyfully to those of his own kind.

And he will return to his household joyfully.

And will return to his family rejoicing

And as for those who are given their record ˹in their left hand˺ from behind their backs,

But whoso is given his account behind his back,

But as for him whose record shall be given to him behind his back;

And as to him who is given his record behind his back.

And as for him who will be given his record behind his back

they will cry for ˹instant˺ destruction,

He surely will invoke destruction

he will in time pray for utter destruction:

He will soon call for death.

He will soon cry out for death

and will burn in the blazing Fire.

And be thrown to scorching fire.

but he will enter the blazing flame.

And he shall enter the blazing fire.

And he will enter the Blazing Fire of Hell

For they used to be prideful among their people,

He verily lived joyous with his folk,

Behold, [in his earthly life] he lived joyfully among people of his own kind

Undoubtedly, he was happy in his household.

Surely, he lived joyfully with his family (in the world)

thinking they would never return ˹to Allah˺.

He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).

for, behold, he never thought that he would have to return [to God].

He imagined that he is not to return.

No doubt, he thought he would never return (to his Lord) for reckoning

Yes ˹they would˺! Surely their Lord has always been All-Seeing of them.

Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!

Yea indeed! His Sustainer did see all that was in him!

Yes, why not! undoubtedly, his Lord is seeing him.

Why not! Indeed, his Lord is ever watching him

So, I do swear by the twilight!

Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,

BUT NAY! I call to witness the sunset's [fleeting] afterglow,

I swear by the twilight of the evening.

So I swear by the evening glow (i.e., the twilight or its later glare)

And by the night and whatever it envelops!

And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,

and the night, and what it [step by step] unfolds,

And by the night and all that is brought together in it.

And by the night and all that it envelops (under its embrace)

And by the moon when it waxes full!

And by the moon when she is at the full,

and the moon, as it grows to its fullness:

And by the moon when it becomes full.

And the moon when it appears full

You will certainly pass from one state to another.

That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.

[even thus, O men,] are you bound to move; onward from stage to stage.

You shall surely tide stage after stage.

You will assuredly ride along stage by stage

So what is the matter with them that they do not believe,

What aileth them, then, that they believe not

What, then, is amiss with them that they will not believe [in a life to come]?

So what happened to them that they believe not.

So, what is the matter with them that (even after witnessing the truth of the forecast of the Qur’an), they do not believe

and when the Quran is recited to them, they do not bow down ˹in submission˺?

And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah)?

and [that], when the Qur’an is read unto them, they do not fall down in prostration?

And when Quran is recited to them, they do not prostrate. [^] (SAJDA

And when the Qur’an is recited to them, they do not fall down prostrate (before Allah)

In fact, the disbelievers persist in denial.

Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;

Nay, but they who are bent on denying the truth give the lie [to this divine writ]!

But rather the infidels are belying.

Instead, the disbelievers (further) deny it

But Allah knows best whatever they hide.

And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.

Yet God has full knowledge of what they conceal [in their hearts].

And Allah knows well what they keep in their hearts.

And Allah knows best (the contention and disbelief) which they are piling

So give them good news of a painful punishment.

So give them tidings of a painful doom,

Hence, give them the tiding of grievous suffering [in the life to come] –

So, give them tidings of a painful torment.

So give them the news of a painful punishment

But those who believe and do good will have a never-ending reward.

Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.

unless it be such [of them] as [repent, and] attain to faith, and do good works: for theirs shall be a reward unending!.

But as to those who believed and did good deeds, for them is a reward unending

But those who believe and do pious deeds, for them is an unending (i.e., everlasting) reward