The Sundering, Splitting Open — Muhammad Asad Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Bursting Asunder

إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انشَقَّتْ

WHEN THE SKY is split asunder

Itha alssamao inshaqqat

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

obeying its Sustainer, as in truth it must

Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

وَإِذَا الْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ

and when the earth is leveled

Wa-itha al-ardu muddat

وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ

and casts forth whatever is in it, and becomes utterly void

Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

obeying its Sustainer, as in truth it must -

Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

يَا أَيُّهَا الْإِنسَانُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَاقِيهِ

[then,] O man - thou [that] hast, verily, been toiling towards thy Sustainer in painful toil - then shalt thou meet Him

Ya ayyuha al-insanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ

And as for him whose record shall be placed in his right hand

Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi

فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا

he will in time be called to account with an easy accounting

Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran

وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا

and will [be able to] turn joyfully to those of his own kind

Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ وَرَاءَ ظَهْرِهِ

But as for him whose record shall be given to him behind his back

Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi

فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُو ثُبُورًا

he will in time pray for utter destruction

Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran

وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا

but he will enter the blazing flame

Wayasla saAAeeran

إِنَّهُ كَانَ فِي أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا

Behold, [in his earthly life] he lived joyfully among people of his own kin

Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran

إِنَّهُ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ

for, behold, he never thought that he would have to return [to God]

Innahu thanna an lan yahoora

بَلَىٰ إِنَّ رَبَّهُ كَانَ بِهِ بَصِيرًا

Yea indeed! His Sustainer did see all that was in him

Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالشَّفَقِ

BUT NAY! I call to witness the sunset's [fleeting] afterglow

Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi

وَاللَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ

and the night, and what it [step by step] unfolds

Waallayli wama wasaqa

وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا اتَّسَقَ

and the moon, as it grows to its fullness

Waalqamari itha ittasaqa

لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ

[even thus, O men,] are you bound to move; onward from stage to stage

Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin

فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

What, then, is amiss with them that they will not believe [in a life to come]

Fama lahum la yu/minoona

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقُرْآنُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ

and [that], when the Qur’an is read unto them, they do not fall down in prostration

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

بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يُكَذِّبُونَ

Nay, but they who are bent on denying the truth give the lie [to this divine writ]

Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona

وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ

Yet God has full knowledge of what they conceal [in their hearts]

WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona

فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

Hence, give them the tiding of grievous suffering [in the life to come] –

Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin

إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ

unless it be such [of them] as [repent, and] attain to faith, and do good works: for theirs shall be a reward unending!

Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin

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