Quran 84, Al-Inshiqaq (The Bursting Open)

84:1When the heaven is split asunder

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ

84:2And attentive to her Lord in fear,

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

84:3And when the earth is spread out

وَإِذَا الْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ

84:4And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty

وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ

84:5And attentive to her Lord in fear!

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

84:6Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence).

يَا أَيُّهَا الْإِنْسَانُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَى رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَاقِيهِ

84:7Then whoso is given his account in his right hand

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ

84:8He truly will receive an easy reckoning

فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا

84:9And will return unto his folk in joy.

وَيَنْقَلِبُ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا

84:10But whoso is given his account behind his back,

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ وَرَاءَ ظَهْرِهِ

84:11He surely will invoke destruction

فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُو ثُبُورًا

84:12And be thrown to scorching fire.

وَيَصْلَى سَعِيرًا

84:13He verily lived joyous with his folk,

إِنَّهُ كَانَ فِي أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا

84:14He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).

إِنَّهُ ظَنَّ أَنْ لَنْ يَحُورَ

84:15Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!

بَلَى إِنَّ رَبَّهُ كَانَ بِهِ بَصِيرًا

84:16Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالشَّفَقِ

84:17And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,

وَاللَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ

84:18And by the moon when she is at the full,

وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا اتَّسَقَ

84:19That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.

لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَنْ طَبَقٍ

84:20What aileth them, then, that they believe not

فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

84:21And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah)?

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقُرْآنُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ

84:22Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;

بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يُكَذِّبُونَ

84:23And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.

وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ

84:24So give them tidings of a painful doom,

فَبَشِّرْهُمْ بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

84:25Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.

إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ

Al-Inshiqaq 84

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