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English - Chapter 84 - Al-Inshiqaq

Translation by Aisha Bewley — Permalink

Verse 1 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:1

When the sky bursts open

Verse 2 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:2

hearkening to its Lord as it is bound to do

Verse 3 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:3

When the earth is flattened out

Verse 4 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:4

and disgorges what is inside it and empties out

Verse 5 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:5

hearkening to its Lord as it is bound to do

Verse 6 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:6

O Man! You are toiling laboriously towards your Lord but meet Him you will

Verse 7 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:7

As for him who is given his Book in his right hand

Verse 8 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:8

he will be given an easy reckoning

Verse 9 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:9

and return to his family joyfully

Verse 10 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:10

But as for him who is given his Book behind his back

Verse 11 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:11

he will cry out for destruction

Verse 12 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:12

but will be roasted in a Searing Blaze

Verse 13 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:13

He used to be joyful in his family

Verse 14 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:14

He thought that he was never going to return

Verse 15 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:15

But in fact his Lord was always watching him

Verse 16 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:16

No, I swear by the evening glow

Verse 17 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:17

and the night and all it shrouds

Verse 18 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:18

and the moon when it is full

Verse 19 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:19

you will mount up stage by stage

Verse 20 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:20

What is the matter with them that they have no iman

Verse 21 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:21

and, when the Qur´an is recited to them, do not prostrate

Verse 22 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:22

In fact those who are kafir say that it is lies

Verse 23 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:23

But Allah knows best what they are storing in their hearts

Verse 24 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:24

Give them the news of a painful punishment —

Verse 25 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:25

except those who have iman and do right actions: they will have a wage which never fails