Al Inshiqaq

Yusuf Ali

1 When the sky is rent asunder,

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1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most 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 listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.

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3 And when the earth is flattened out,

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3 And when the earth is stretched forth,

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

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4 And has cast out all that was in it and became 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 listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.

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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 O man! Verily, you are returning towards your Lord with your deeds and actions (good or bad), a sure returning, and you will meet (the results of your deeds which you did).

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7 Then he who is given his Record in his right hand,

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7 Then as for him who will be given his Record 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 surely 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 to his family in joy!

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

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10 But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,

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11 Soon will he cry for perdition,

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11 He will invoke (for his) destruction,

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12 And he will enter a Blazing Fire.

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12 And he shall enter a blazing Fire, and be made to taste its burning.

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

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13 Verily, he was among his people in joy!

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

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14 Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to Us)!

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

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15 Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!

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

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16 So 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 whatever it gathers in its darkness,

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18 And the Moon in her fullness:

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18 And by the moon when it is at the full.

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19 Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.

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19 You shall certainly travel from stage to stage (in this life and in the Hereafter).

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

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20 What is the matter with them, 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 to them, they fall not prostrate.

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

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22 Nay, those who disbelieve belie (Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and whatever he brought, i.e. this Qur'an and Islamic Monotheism, etc.).

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

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23 And Allah knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds),

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24 So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,

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24 So announce to them a painful torment.

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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 righteous good deeds, for them is a reward that will never come to an end (i.e. Paradise).