The Quran: Sūra LXXXIV.: Inshiqāq, or The Rendi...
The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934]
1. When the Sky is
Rent asunder,
2. Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
2. And hearkens to
(The Command of) its Lord,—
And it must needs
(Do so);—
3. And when the Earth
Is flattened out,
4. Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat
4. And casts forth
What is within it
And becomes (clean) empty,
5. Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
5. And hearkens to
(The Command of) its Lord,—
And it must needs
(Do so);—(then will come
Home the full Reality)
6. Ya ayyuha al-insanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi
6. O thou man!
Verily thou art ever
Toiling on towards thy Lord—
Painfully toiling,—but thou
Shalt meet Him.
7. Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi
7. Then he who is given
His Record in his
Right hand,
8. Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran
8. Soon will his account
Be taken by an easy reckoning,
9. Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran
9. And he will turn
To his people, rejoicing!
10. Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi
10. But he who is given
His Record behind his back,—
11. Soon will he cry
For Perdition,
12. And he will enter
A Blazing Fire.
13. Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran
13. Truly, did he go about
Among his people, rejoicing!
14. Innahu thanna an lan yahoora
14. Truly, did he think
That he would not
Have to return (to Us)!
15. Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran
15. Nay, nay! for his Lord
Was (ever) watchful of him!
16. So I do call
To witness the ruddy glow
Of Sunset;
17. The Night and its Homing;
18. And the Moon
In her Fulness:
19. Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin
19. Ye shall surely travel
From stage to stage
20. What then is the matter
With them, that they
Believe not?—
21. Wa-itha quri-a AAalayhimu alqur-anu la yasjudoona
21. And when the Qur-ān
Is read to them, they
Fall not prostrate,
22. Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona
22. But on the contrary
The Unbelievers reject (it).
23. WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona
23. But God has full Knowledge
Of what they secrete
(In their breasts).
24. Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin
24. So announce to them
A Penalty Grievous,
25. Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin
25. Except to those who believe
And work righteous deeds:
For them is a Reward
That will never fail.