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English - Chapter 84 - Al-Inshiqaq
Translation by Dr Laleh Bakhtiar — Permalink
Verse 1 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:1
When the heaven was split open
Verse 2 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:2
and gave ear to its Lord as it will be justly disposed to do
Verse 3 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:3
and when the earth stretches out
Verse 4 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:4
and cast what is in it and voided itself
Verse 5 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:5
and gave ear to its Lord as it will be justly disposed to do
Verse 6 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:6
O human being! Truly, thou art one who is laboring towards thy Lord laboriously and thou wilt be one who encounters Him
Verse 7 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:7
And as for him who will be given his book in his right hand
Verse 8 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:8
then, he will be made a reckoning, an easy reckoning
Verse 9 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:9
and will turn about to his people as one who is joyous
Verse 10 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:10
But for whoever will be given his book behind his back
Verse 11 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:11
he will call for damnation
Verse 12 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:12
and roast in a blaze
Verse 13 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:13
He had been one who is joyous with his people
Verse 14 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:14
Truly, he thought he would never retreat
Verse 15 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:15
Yea! Truly, his Lord had been seeing him
Verse 16 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:16
So no! I swear an oath by the twilight
Verse 17 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:17
and by the night and whatever it enveloped
Verse 18 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:18
and by the moon when it was full
Verse 19 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:19
that you will, truly, ride plane after plane
Verse 20 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:20
Then, what is for them who believe not
Verse 21 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:21
when the Quran was recited to them, they prostrate not themselves?‡
Verse 22 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:22
Nay! Those who were ungrateful deny
Verse 23 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:23
but God is greater in knowledge of what they amass
Verse 24 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:24
So give them good tidings of a painful punishment
Verse 25 — Surah Al-Inshiqaq 84:25
But those who believed and did as the ones in accord with morality, for them is compensation, that which is unfailing