The Sundering, Splitting Open — Aisha Bewley Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Bursting Asunder

إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انشَقَّتْ

When the sky bursts open,

Itha alssamao inshaqqat

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

hearkening to its Lord as it is bound to do!

Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

وَإِذَا الْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ

When the earth is flattened out

Wa-itha al-ardu muddat

وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ

and disgorges what is inside it and empties out,

Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

hearkening to its Lord as it is bound to do!

Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

يَا أَيُّهَا الْإِنسَانُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَاقِيهِ

O Man! You are toiling laboriously towards your Lord but meet Him you will!

Ya ayyuha al-insanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ

As for him who is given his Book in his right hand,

Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi

فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا

he will be given an easy reckoning

Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran

وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا

and return to his family joyfully.

Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ وَرَاءَ ظَهْرِهِ

But as for him who is given his Book behind his back,

Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi

فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُو ثُبُورًا

he will cry out for destruction

Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran

وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا

but will be roasted in a Searing Blaze.

Wayasla saAAeeran

إِنَّهُ كَانَ فِي أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا

He used to be joyful in his family.

Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran

إِنَّهُ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ

He thought that he was never going to return.

Innahu thanna an lan yahoora

بَلَىٰ إِنَّ رَبَّهُ كَانَ بِهِ بَصِيرًا

But in fact his Lord was always watching him!

Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالشَّفَقِ

No, I swear by the evening glow,

Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi

وَاللَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ

and the night and all it shrouds,

Waallayli wama wasaqa

وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا اتَّسَقَ

and the moon when it is full,

Waalqamari itha ittasaqa

لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ

you will mount up stage by stage!

Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin

فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

What is the matter with them that they have no iman

Fama lahum la yu/minoona

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقُرْآنُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ

and, when the Qur´an is recited to them, do not prostrate?

Wa-itha quri-a AAalayhimu alqur-anu la yasjudoona

بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يُكَذِّبُونَ

In fact those who are kafir say that it is lies.

Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona

وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ

But Allah knows best what they are storing in their hearts.

WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona

فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

Give them the news of a painful punishment —

Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin

إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ

except those who have iman and do right actions: they will have a wage which never fails.

Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin

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