The Sundering, Splitting Open — Al Muntakhab Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Bursting Asunder

إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انشَقَّتْ

When once the heaven is split asunder

Itha alssamao inshaqqat

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

In obedience to the command of its Creator and in payment of its duty to Hi

Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

وَإِذَا الْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ

And when the earth is stretched out

Wa-itha al-ardu muddat

وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ

And disgorges its contents and empties itself of the dead

Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

In obedience to the command of its Creator and in payment of its duty to Him; there and then shall people be adjudged

Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

يَا أَيُّهَا الْإِنسَانُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَاقِيهِ

Remember O man, you are arduously labouring and painfully toiling toward your Creator Whom you shall meet in the end

Ya ayyuha al-insanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ

Then he who is given his book bearing his record in his right hand will have no cause to apprehend

Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi

فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا

His reckoning will be gracefully conducted

Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran

وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا

And to his people will he go back rejoicing and greatly delighted

Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ وَرَاءَ ظَهْرِهِ

But he who is given his book, bearing his record in his left hand from the back

Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi

فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُو ثُبُورًا

Will wish he could perish

Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran

وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا

He will suffer the blazes

Wayasla saAAeeran

إِنَّهُ كَانَ فِي أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا

How vainly did he rejoice among his people before and disregarded the concord of this discord

Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran

إِنَّهُ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ

He emphatically thought he would never return to his Creator, Whom he never recognized nor adored

Innahu thanna an lan yahoora

بَلَىٰ إِنَّ رَبَّهُ كَانَ بِهِ بَصِيرًا

But in effect Allah, his Creator had kept him in view and was fully aware of his actions

Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالشَّفَقِ

I swear by the glow of light and display of colour in the sky at the close of the day when the sun sets

Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi

وَاللَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ

And by the night when life closes its lids and past events come to memory and the night-eyed can see and the night wanderer wanders about and the soul roves heaven’s realm

Waallayli wama wasaqa

وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا اتَّسَقَ

And by the moon at full when its entire disk is illuminated thus dispelling the darkness of the night

Waalqamari itha ittasaqa

لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ

That you people shall ride from one circumstance to another and from one mode of existence to another and from a state of things, in which events stand disposed at a particular time, to another, and from one world to another; for in the actual system of things man changes, from one condition to another. He is governed by the inherent dominating power by which actions and feelings are determined

Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin

فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

What then prevents them -the infidels- from justifying faith as a conviction operative on their character and will

Fama lahum la yu/minoona

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقُرْآنُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ

When the Quran is recited to them, they neither open their hearts' ears nor their minds to stand in awe of Allah and bow to the ground in adoration

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

بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يُكَذِّبُونَ

No, but the infidels inherently deny the truth which they obstinately reject and the path of righteousness they tend to deviate from

Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona

وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ

Allah is fully cognizant of what they conceal in their hearts and what is forged in their bosoms and He knows that infidelity is their very prevalent inclination

WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona

فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

Therefore, tell them O Muhammad to expect a condign punishment

Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin

إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ

But not those who believed with hearts impressed with the image of religious and spiritual virtues and with deeds imprinted with wisdom and piety; these are destined to a fortune that is elate, and they will be requited with a reward which will not abate

Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin

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