Al Inshiqaq

Shakir

1 When the heaven bursts asunder,

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1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder

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2 And obeys its Lord and it must.

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2 And attentive to her Lord in fear,

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3 And when the earth is stretched,

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3 And when the earth is spread out

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4 And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,

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4 And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty

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5 And obeys its Lord and it must.

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5 And attentive to her Lord in fear!

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6 O man! surely you must strive (to attain) to your Lord, a hard striving until you meet Him.

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6 Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence).

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7 Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand,

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7 Then whoso is given his account in his right hand

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8 He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,

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8 He truly will receive an easy reckoning

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9 And he shall go back to his people joyful.

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9 And will return unto his folk in joy.

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10 And as to him who is given his book behind his back,

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10 But whoso is given his account behind his back,

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11 He shall call for perdition,

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11 He surely will invoke destruction

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12 And enter into burning fire.

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12 And be thrown to scorching fire.

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13 Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.

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13 He verily lived joyous with his folk,

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14 Surely he thought that he would never return.

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14 He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).

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15 Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.

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15 Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!

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16 But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,

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16 Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,

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17 And the night and that which it drives on,

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17 And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,

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18 And the moon when it grows full,

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18 And by the moon when she is at the full,

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19 That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.

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19 That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.

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20 But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,

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20 What aileth them, then, that they believe not

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21 And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance?

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21 And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah) ?

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22 Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.

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22 Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;

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23 And Allah knows best what they hide,

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23 And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.

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24 So announce to them a painful punishment~

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24 So give them tidings of a painful doom,

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25 Except those who believe and do good; for them is a reward that shall never be cut off.

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25 Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.