بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ ١
When the heaven is split asunder
Marmaduke Pickthall
SURAH 84 · 25 AYAHS · MECCAN
Al-Inshiqaaq
The Splitting Open
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وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ ٢
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
Marmaduke Pickthall
My reflection
وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ ٣
And when the earth is spread out
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وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ ٤
And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
Marmaduke Pickthall
My reflection
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ ٥
And attentive to her Lord in fear!
Marmaduke Pickthall
My reflection
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَـٰقِيهِ ٦
Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence).
Marmaduke Pickthall
My reflection
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ ٧
Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
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فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا ٨
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
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وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا ٩
And will return unto his folk in joy.
Marmaduke Pickthall
My reflection
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ ١٠
But whoso is given his account behind his back,
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فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًا ١١
He surely will invoke destruction
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وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا ١٢
And be thrown to scorching fire.
Marmaduke Pickthall
My reflection
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا ١٣
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
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إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ ١٤
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
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My reflection
بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًا ١٥
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
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My reflection
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ ١٦
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
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My reflection
وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ ١٧
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
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My reflection
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ ١٨
And by the moon when she is at the full,
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لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ ١٩
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
Marmaduke Pickthall
My reflection
فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ٢٠
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
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My reflection
وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩ ٢١
And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah)?
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My reflection
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ ٢٢
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
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وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ ٢٣
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
Marmaduke Pickthall
My reflection
فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ ٢٤
So give them tidings of a painful doom,
Marmaduke Pickthall
My reflection
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ ٢٥
Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.
Marmaduke Pickthall
My reflection
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