The Splitting Open
سورة الإنشقاق
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
84:1
The Splitting Open
إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ١
When the sky bursts open
84:2
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وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ٢
obeying its Lord as it must
84:3
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وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ٣
and when the earth is flattened out
84:4
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وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ٤
and ejects ˹all˺ its contents and becomes empty
84:5
The Splitting Open
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ٥
obeying its Lord as it must, ˹surely you will all be judged˺.
84:6
The Splitting Open
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَـٰقِيهِ٦
O humanity! Indeed, you are labouring restlessly towards your Lord, and will ˹eventually˺ meet the consequences.
84:7
The Splitting Open
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ٧
As for those who are given their record in their right hand
84:8
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فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا٨
they will have an easy reckoning
84:9
The Splitting Open
وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا٩
and will return to their people joyfully.
84:10
The Splitting Open
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ١٠
And as for those who are given their record ˹in their left hand˺ from behind their backs
84:11
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فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًا١١
they will cry for ˹instant˺ destruction
84:12
The Splitting Open
وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا١٢
and will burn in the blazing Fire.
84:13
The Splitting Open
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا١٣
For they used to be prideful among their people
84:14
The Splitting Open
إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ١٤
thinking they would never return ˹to Allah˺.
84:15
The Splitting Open
بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًا١٥
Yes ˹they would˺! Surely their Lord has always been All-Seeing of them.
84:16
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فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ١٦
So, I do swear by the twilight!
84:17
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وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ١٧
And by the night and whatever it envelops!
84:18
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وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ١٨
And by the moon when it waxes full!
84:19
The Splitting Open
لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ١٩
You will certainly pass from one state to another.
84:20
The Splitting Open
فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ٢٠
So what is the matter with them that they do not believe