The Sundering

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ

Transliteration: Izas samaaa'un shaqqat

When the sky has split [open]

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

Transliteration: Wa azinat li Rabbihaa wa huqqat

And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]

وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ

Transliteration: Wa izal ardu muddat

And when the earth has been extended

وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ

Transliteration: Wa alqat maa feehaa wa takhallat

And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

Transliteration: Wa azinat li Rabbihaa wa huqqat

And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًۭا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ

Transliteration: Yaaa ayyuhal insaanu innaka kaadihun ilaa Rabbika kad han famulaaqeeh

O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ

Transliteration: Fa ammaa man ootiya kitaabahoo biyameenih

Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,

فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًۭا يَسِيرًۭا

Transliteration: Fasawfa yuhaasabu hi saabai yaseeraa

He will be judged with an easy account

وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًۭا

Transliteration: Wa yanqalibu ilaaa ahlihee masrooraa

And return to his people in happiness.

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ

Transliteration: Wa ammaa man ootiya kitaabahoo waraaa'a zahrih

But as for he who is given his record behind his back,

فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًۭا

Transliteration: Fasawfa yad'oo subooraa

He will cry out for destruction

وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا

Transliteration: Wa yaslaa sa'eeraa

And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا

Transliteration: Innahoo kaana feee ahlihee masrooraa

Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;

إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ

Transliteration: Innahoo zanna al lai yahoor

Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].

بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًۭا

Transliteration: Balaaa inna Rabbahoo kaana bihee baseeraa

But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ

Transliteration: Falaaa uqsimu bishshafaq

So I swear by the twilight glow

وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ

Transliteration: Wallaili wa maa wasaq

And [by] the night and what it envelops

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ

Transliteration: Walqamari izat tasaq

And [by] the moon when it becomes full

لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍۢ

Transliteration: Latarkabunna tabaqan 'an tabaq

[That] you will surely experience state after state.

فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

Transliteration: Famaa lahum laa yu'minoon

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

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩

Transliteration: Wa izaa quri'a 'alaihimul Quraanu laa yasjudoon

And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ

Transliteration: Balil lazeena kafaroo yukazziboon

But those who have disbelieved deny,

وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ

Transliteration: Wallaahu a'lamu bimaa yoo'oon

And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.

فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

Transliteration: Fabashshirhum bi'azaabin aleem

So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ

Transliteration: Illal lazeena aamanoo wa 'amilus saalihaati lahum ajrun ghairu mamnoon

Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.