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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
Ahmed Ali (English) :
WHEN THE SKY is cleft asunder,

84:2 وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
84:2
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And hearkens to its Lord and is dutiful,

84:3 وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ
84:3
Ahmed Ali (English) :
When the earth is stretched out taut

84:4 وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ
84:4
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And throws out whatever it contains and is empty,

84:5 وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
84:5
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And hearkens to its Lord and is dutiful,

84:6 يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَـٰقِيهِ
84:6
Ahmed Ali (English) :
O man, you have to strive and go on striving towards your Lord, then will you meet Him.

84:7 فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ
84:7
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And he who is given his ledger in his right hand

84:8 فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا
84:8
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Will have an easy reckoning,

84:9 وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا
84:9
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And will return to his people full of joy.

84:10 وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ
84:10
Ahmed Ali (English) :
But he who is given his ledger from behind his back

84:11 فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًا
84:11
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Will pray for death,

84:12 وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا
84:12
Ahmed Ali (English) :
But will be roasted in the fire.

84:13 إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا
84:13
Ahmed Ali (English) :
He lived rejoicing among his people,

84:14 إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ
84:14
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Never thinking he will return.

84:15 بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًا
84:15
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Why not? His Lord was always watching him.

84:16 فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ
84:16
Ahmed Ali (English) :
So indeed I call to witness the evening twilight,

84:17 وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ
84:17
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And the night and all it gathers,

84:18 وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ
84:18
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And the moon when at the full,

84:19 لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ
84:19
Ahmed Ali (English) :
That you will climb from stage to stage.

84:20 فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
84:20
Ahmed Ali (English) :
So, wherefore do they not believe?

84:21 وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩
84:21
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And when the Qur'an is recited to them do not bow in adoration?

84:22 بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ
84:22
Ahmed Ali (English) :
In fact the unbelievers disavow.

84:23 وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ
84:23
Ahmed Ali (English) :
But God knows what they harbour in their breasts.

84:24 فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
84:24
Ahmed Ali (English) :
So give them news of painful punishment,

84:25 إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ
84:25
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Except those who believe and do the right: For them there is reward unending.