The Sundering, Splitting Open — Sayyid Qutb Transcription In Progress Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Bursting Asunder

إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انشَقَّتْ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

When the sky is rent asunder,

Itha alssamao inshaqqat

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

obeying her Lord in true submission;

Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

وَإِذَا الْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

when the earth is stretched out

Wa-itha al-ardu muddat

وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

and casts forth all that is within her and becomes empty,

Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

obeying her Lord in true submission!

Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

يَا أَيُّهَا الْإِنسَانُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَاقِيهِ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

O man! You have been toiling towards your Lord, and you shall meet Him.

Ya ayyuha al-insanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

He who is given his record in his right hand

Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi

فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

will in time have a lenient reckoning,

Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran

وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

and return rejoicing to his people.

Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ وَرَاءَ ظَهْرِهِ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

But he who is given his record behind his back

Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi

فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُو ثُبُورًا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

will in time call down destruction upon himself

Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran

وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

and will enter the fire of hell.

Wayasla saAAeeran

إِنَّهُ كَانَ فِي أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

He lived joyfully among his people.

Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran

إِنَّهُ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

He surely thought he would never return.

Innahu thanna an lan yahoora

بَلَىٰ إِنَّ رَبَّهُ كَانَ بِهِ بَصِيرًا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

Yes, indeed; his Lord was watching over him.

Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالشَّفَقِ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

I swear by the twilight,

Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi

وَاللَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

and by the night and what it envelops,

Waallayli wama wasaqa

وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا اتَّسَقَ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

and by the moon in her full perfection,

Waalqamari itha ittasaqa

لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

that you shall certainly move onward, stage after stage.

Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin

فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

Why then do they not accept the faith?

Fama lahum la yu/minoona

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقُرْآنُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

Or, when the Qur'Än is read to them, they do not fall down in prostration?

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

بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يُكَذِّبُونَ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

But the unbelievers persist in rejecting [the truth],

Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona

وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

yet God knows very well what they are hiding

WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona

فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

so give them the tidings of a grievous suffering,

Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin

إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

except for those who believe and do good deeds; for theirs is and unfailing reward

Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin

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