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84 Al-'Inshiqāq ٱلْإِنْشِقَاق

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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

84:1 إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ
84:1
A. J. Arberry (English) :
When heaven is rent asunder

84:2 وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
84:2
A. J. Arberry (English) :
and gives ear to its Lord, and is fitly disposed;

84:3 وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ
84:3
A. J. Arberry (English) :
when earth is stretched out

84:4 وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ
84:4
A. J. Arberry (English) :
and casts forth what is in it, and voids itself,

84:5 وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
84:5
A. J. Arberry (English) :
and gives ear to its Lord, and is fitly disposed!

84:6 يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَـٰقِيهِ
84:6
A. J. Arberry (English) :
O Man! Thou art labouring unto thy Lord laboriously, and thou shalt encounter Him.

84:7 فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ
84:7
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Then as for him who is given his book in his right hand,

84:8 فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا
84:8
A. J. Arberry (English) :
he shall surely receive an easy reckoning

84:9 وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا
84:9
A. J. Arberry (English) :
and he will return to his family joyfully.

84:10 وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ
84:10
A. J. Arberry (English) :
But as for him who is given his book behind his back,

84:11 فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًا
84:11
A. J. Arberry (English) :
he shall call for destruction

84:12 وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا
84:12
A. J. Arberry (English) :
and he shall roast at a Blaze.

84:13 إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا
84:13
A. J. Arberry (English) :
He once lived among his family joyfully;

84:14 إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ
84:14
A. J. Arberry (English) :
he surely thought he would never revert.

84:15 بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًا
84:15
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Yes indeed; his Lord had sight of him.

84:16 فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ
84:16
A. J. Arberry (English) :
No! I swear by the twilight

84:17 وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ
84:17
A. J. Arberry (English) :
and the night and what it envelops

84:18 وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ
84:18
A. J. Arberry (English) :
and the moon when it is at the full,

84:19 لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ
84:19
A. J. Arberry (English) :
you shall surely ride stage after stage.

84:20 فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
84:20
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Then what ails them, that they believe not,

84:21 وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩
84:21
A. J. Arberry (English) :
and when the Koran is recited to them they do not bow?

84:22 بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ
84:22
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Nay, but the unbelievers are crying lies,

84:23 وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ
84:23
A. J. Arberry (English) :
and God knows very well what they are secreting.

84:24 فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
84:24
A. J. Arberry (English) :
So give them good tidings of a painful chastisement,

84:25 إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ
84:25
A. J. Arberry (English) :
except those that believe, and do righteous deeds -- theirs shall be a wage unfailing.