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Al-Inshiqaaq

The Splitting Open · Meccan · 25 verses

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سُورَةُ الانشِقَاقِ

Al-Inshiqaaq · 25 verses

84 : 1

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ

Ahmed Ali

WHEN THE SKY is cleft asunder,

84 : 2

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

Ahmed Ali

And hearkens to its Lord and is dutiful,

84 : 3

وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ

Ahmed Ali

When the earth is stretched out taut

84 : 4

وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ

Ahmed Ali

And throws out whatever it contains and is empty,

84 : 5

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

Ahmed Ali

And hearkens to its Lord and is dutiful,

84 : 6

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًۭا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ

Ahmed Ali

O man, you have to strive and go on striving towards your Lord, then will you meet Him.

84 : 7

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ

Ahmed Ali

And he who is given his ledger in his right hand

84 : 8

فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًۭا يَسِيرًۭا

Ahmed Ali

Will have an easy reckoning,

84 : 9

وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًۭا

Ahmed Ali

And will return to his people full of joy.

84 : 10

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ

Ahmed Ali

But he who is given his ledger from behind his back

84 : 11

فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًۭا

Ahmed Ali

Will pray for death,

84 : 12

وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا

Ahmed Ali

But will be roasted in the fire.

84 : 13

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا

Ahmed Ali

He lived rejoicing among his people,

84 : 14

إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ

Ahmed Ali

Never thinking he will return.

84 : 15

بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًۭا

Ahmed Ali

Why not? His Lord was always watching him.

84 : 16

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ

Ahmed Ali

So indeed I call to witness the evening twilight,

84 : 17

وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ

Ahmed Ali

And the night and all it gathers,

84 : 18

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ

Ahmed Ali

And the moon when at the full,

84 : 19

لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍۢ

Ahmed Ali

That you will climb from stage to stage.

84 : 20

فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

Ahmed Ali

So, wherefore do they not believe?

84 : 21

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩

Ahmed Ali

And when the Qur'an is recited to them do not bow in adoration?

84 : 22

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ

Ahmed Ali

In fact the unbelievers disavow.

84 : 23

وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ

Ahmed Ali

But God knows what they harbour in their breasts.

84 : 24

فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

Ahmed Ali

So give them news of painful punishment,

84 : 25

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ

Ahmed Ali

Except those who believe and do the right: For them there is reward unending.

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