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    English - Chapter 84

    Translation by A. J. Arberry

    Verse 1

    When heaven is rent asunder

    Verse 2

    and gives ear to its Lord, and is fitly disposed

    Verse 3

    when earth is stretched out

    Verse 4

    and casts forth what is in it, and voids itself

    Verse 5

    and gives ear to its Lord, and is fitly disposed

    Verse 6

    O Man! Thou art labouring unto thy Lord laboriously, and thou shalt encounter Him

    Verse 7

    Then as for him who is given his book in his right hand

    Verse 8

    he shall surely receive an easy reckoning

    Verse 9

    and he will return to his family joyfully

    Verse 10

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

    Verse 11

    he shall call for destruction

    Verse 12

    and he shall roast at a Blaze

    Verse 13

    He once lived among his family joyfully

    Verse 14

    he surely thought he would never revert

    Verse 15

    Yes indeed; his Lord had sight of him

    Verse 16

    No! I swear by the twilight

    Verse 17

    and the night and what it envelops

    Verse 18

    and the moon when it is at the full

    Verse 19

    you shall surely ride stage after stage

    Verse 20

    Then what ails them, that they believe not

    Verse 21

    and when the Koran is recited to them they do not bow

    Verse 22

    Nay, but the unbelievers are crying lies

    Verse 23

    and God knows very well what they are secreting

    Verse 24

    So give them good tidings of a painful chastisement

    Verse 25

    except those that believe, and do righteous deeds -- theirs shall be a wage unfailing