84 - Al-Inshiqaq
"Audhu billahi minash shaytanirrajeem"
Bismi Llaahi l-raḥmaani l-raḥeem
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Itha alssamao inshaqqat;
When the heaven is split open,
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Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat;
And attends to its Rabb in submission – which is the Truth!
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Waitha alardu muddat;
And when the earth is extended and spread out,
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Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat;
And it throws out what is within it and empties itself,
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Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat;
And attends to its Rabb in submission!
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Ya ayyuha alinsanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi;
O man! Indeed, you are striving towards your Rabb! You will reach Him in the end!
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Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi;
Whoever is given his record, formed on his right side,
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Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran;
Will be called to an easy account,
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Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran;
And will transform into the composition of the people of Paradise!
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Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi;
But he who is given his book from behind,
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Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran;
Will call out, “Death be my savior!”
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Wayasla saAAeeran;
And will be subject to the (blazing) Fire!
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Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran;
Indeed, he used to rejoice among his like...
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Innahu thanna an lan yahoora;
He thought he would never return (to his Rabb).
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Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran;
But no! Indeed, his Rabb was Basir within him!
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Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi;
I swear by the twilight,
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Waallayli wama wasaqa;
And by the night and what it carries,
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Waalqamari itha ittasaqa;
And by the full moon,
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Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin;
That you will certainly change dimensions and transform into bodies befitting those dimensions!
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Fama lahum la yuminoona;
So, this being the case, what is the matter with them that they do not believe?
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Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona;
And when the Quran is recited to them, they do not prostrate (remove their ego-identities and submit themselves to the Reality)? (This is a verse of prostration.)
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Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona;
And those who deny the knowledge of the reality further deny!
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WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona;
But Allah knows better what they collect and keep within themselves (their thoughts and beliefs).
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Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin;
So, give them the news of their severe suffering!
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Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin;
Except for those who believe and fulfill the requisites of faith! For them there is uninterrupted reward.