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84. Al-Inshiqaq - The Splitting Asunder
| 1 | WHEN THE SKY is cleft asunder, |
| 2 | And hearkens to its Lord and is dutiful, |
| 3 | When the earth is stretched out taut |
| 4 | And throws out whatever it contains and is empty, |
| 5 | And hearkens to its Lord and is dutiful, |
| 6 | O man, you have to strive and go on striving towards your Lord, then will you meet Him. |
| 7 | And he who is given his ledger in his right hand |
| 8 | Will have an easy reckoning, |
| 9 | And will return to his people full of joy. |
| 10 | But he who is given his ledger from behind his back |
| 11 | Will pray for death, |
| 12 | But will be roasted in the fire. |
| 13 | He lived rejoicing among his people, |
| 14 | Never thinking he will return. |
| 15 | Why not? His Lord was always watching him. |
| 16 | So indeed I call to witness the evening twilight, |
| 17 | And the night and all it gathers, |
| 18 | And the moon when at the full, |
| 19 | That you will climb from stage to stage. |
| 20 | So, wherefore do they not believe? |
| 21 | And when the Qur'an is recited to them do not bow in adoration? |
| 22 | In fact the unbelievers disavow. |
| 23 | But God knows what they harbour in their breasts. |
| 24 | So give them news of painful punishment, |
| 25 | Except those who believe and do the right: For them there is reward unending. |