Al Inshiqaq

Yusuf Ali

1 When the sky is rent 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 hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, and it must needs (do so); -

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2 And attentive to her Lord in fear,

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3 And when the earth is flattened out,

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3 And when the earth is spread out

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

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

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

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5 And attentive to her Lord in fear!

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6 O thou man! Verily thou art ever toiling on towards thy Lord - painfully toiling, - but thou shalt 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 he who is given his Record in his right hand,

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7 Then whoso is given his account in his right hand

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

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8 He truly will receive an easy reckoning

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9 And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!

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9 And will return unto his folk in joy.

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

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10 But whoso is given his account behind his back,

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11 Soon will he cry for perdition,

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11 He surely will invoke destruction

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12 And he will enter a Blazing Fire.

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12 And be thrown to scorching fire.

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

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13 He verily lived joyous with his folk,

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

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

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

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

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

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16 Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,

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17 The Night and its Homing;

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17 And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,

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18 And the Moon in her fullness:

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

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19 Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.

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19 That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.

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

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20 What aileth them, then, that they believe not

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

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

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

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22 Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;

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

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23 And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.

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24 So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,

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24 So give them tidings of a painful doom,

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

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