084. The Splitting Open – Al-Inshiqaaq

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ﴿٠﴾
إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ ﴿١﴾
When the heaven bursts asunder,
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ ﴿٢﴾
And obeys its Lord and it must.
وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ ﴿٣﴾
And when the earth is stretched,
وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ ﴿٤﴾
And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ ﴿٥﴾
And obeys its Lord and it must.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ ﴿٦﴾
O man! surely you must strive (to attain) to your Lord, a hard striving until you meet Him.
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ ﴿٧﴾
Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand,
فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا ﴿٨﴾
He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,
وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا ﴿٩﴾
And he shall go back to his people joyful.
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ ﴿١٠﴾
And as to him who is given his book behind his back,
فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًا ﴿١١﴾
He shall call for perdition,
وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا ﴿١٢﴾
And enter into burning fire.
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا ﴿١٣﴾
Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.
إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ ﴿١٤﴾
Surely he thought that he would never return.
بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًا ﴿١٥﴾
Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ ﴿١٦﴾
But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,
وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ ﴿١٧﴾
And the night and that which it drives on,
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ ﴿١٨﴾
And the moon when it grows full,
لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ ﴿١٩﴾
That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.
فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿٢٠﴾
But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,
وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ﴿٢١﴾
And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance?
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ ﴿٢٢﴾
Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.
وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾
And Allah knows best what they hide,
فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ ﴿٢٤﴾
So announce to them a painful punishment~
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ ﴿٢٥﴾
Except those who believe and do good; for them is a reward that shall never be cut off.