The Sundering, Splitting Open — Syed Vickar Ahamed Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Bursting Asunder

إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انشَقَّتْ

Syed Vickar Ahamed

When the sky is split apar

Itha alssamao inshaqqat

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And obeys the command of its Lord, and it must do so

Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

وَإِذَا الْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And when the earth is flattened out

Wa-itha al-ardu muddat

وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And spills over what is within it and becomes empty

Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And obeys the command of its Lord, and it must do so

Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

يَا أَيُّهَا الْإِنسَانُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَاقِيهِ

Syed Vickar Ahamed

O you man! You are surely always moving towards your Lord painfully moving but you shall meet Him

Ya ayyuha al-insanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Then he who is given his record (of deeds) in his right hand

Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi

فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Soon his account will be taken by an easy settlemen

Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran

وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And he will be together with his people, happy

Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ وَرَاءَ ظَهْرِهِ

Syed Vickar Ahamed

But he who is given his record behind his back

Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi

فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُو ثُبُورًا

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Soon will he cry for his lost soul

Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran

وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And, he will enter a blazing Fire

Wayasla saAAeeran

إِنَّهُ كَانَ فِي أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Truly, (on this earth) did he go about among his people, happy

Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran

إِنَّهُ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)

Innahu thanna an lan yahoora

بَلَىٰ إِنَّ رَبَّهُ كَانَ بِهِ بَصِيرًا

Syed Vickar Ahamed

But, for sure! His Lord was (always) watchful of him

Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالشَّفَقِ

Syed Vickar Ahamed

So, I swear by the deep (red) glow of sunset

Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi

وَاللَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ

Syed Vickar Ahamed

The night and its gathering (of nightly creatures)

Waallayli wama wasaqa

وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا اتَّسَقَ

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And the moon in her fullness

Waalqamari itha ittasaqa

لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ

Syed Vickar Ahamed

You shall surely travel from one stage to the next (life to Hereafter)

Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin

فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

Syed Vickar Ahamed

What then, is the matter with them that they do not believe

Fama lahum la yu/minoona

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقُرْآنُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And when the Quran is read to them, they do not fall prostrate

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

بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يُكَذِّبُونَ

Syed Vickar Ahamed

But being the opposite the unbelievers reject (Islam and the Message)

Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona

وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ

Syed Vickar Ahamed

But Allah has full knowledge of what they do and think

WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona

فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

Syed Vickar Ahamed

So announce to them a painful penalty

Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin

إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Except to those who believe and work righteous good deeds: For them is a reward that will never be the end

Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin

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