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AL-INSHIQAQ (THE SUNDERING, SPLITTING OPEN)

Total Verses: 25
Revealed At: MAKKA

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In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.

Bismi Allahi alrrahmani alrraheemi

084.001
When the sky is rent asunder,

1. Itha alssamao inshaqqat

084.002
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, and it must needs (do so);-

2. Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

084.003
And when the earth is flattened out,

3. Wa-itha al-ardu muddat

084.004
And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) empty,

4. Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat

084.005
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord,- and it must needs (do so);- (then will come Home the full reality).

5. Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

084.006
O thou man! Verily thou art ever toiling on towards thy Lord- painfully toiling,- but thou shalt meet Him.

6. Ya ayyuha al-insanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi

084.007
Then he who is given his Record in his right hand,

7. Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi

084.008
Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,

8. Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran

084.009
And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!

9. Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran

084.010
But he who is given his Record behind his back,-

10. Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi

084.011
Soon will he cry for perdition,

11. Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran

084.012
And he will enter a Blazing Fire.

12. Wayasla saAAeeran

084.013
Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing!

13. Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran

084.014
Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)!

14. Innahu thanna an lan yahoora

084.015
Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of him!

15. Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran

084.016
So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset;

16. Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi

084.017
The Night and its Homing;

17. Waallayli wama wasaqa

084.018
And the Moon in her fullness:

18. Waalqamari itha ittasaqa

084.019
Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.

19. Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin

084.020
What then is the matter with them, that they believe not?-

20. Fama lahum la yu/minoona

084.021
And when the Qur'an is read to them, they fall not prostrate,

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

084.022
But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).

22. Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona

084.023
 But Allah has full knowledge of what they secrete (in their breasts)

23. WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona

084.024
So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,

24. Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin

084.025
Except to those who believe and work righteous deeds: For them is a Reward that will never fail.

25. Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin


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