84

The Sundering

84:1

إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتۡ
When the sky bursts open,
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84:2

وَأَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡ
obeying its Lord as it must,
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84:3

وَإِذَا ٱلۡأَرۡضُ مُدَّتۡ
and when the earth is flattened out,
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84:4

وَأَلۡقَتۡ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتۡ
and ejects ˹all˺ its contents and becomes empty,
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84:5

وَأَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡ
obeying its Lord as it must, ˹surely you will all be judged˺.
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84:6

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدۡحٗا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ
O humanity! Indeed, you are labouring restlessly towards your Lord, and will ˹eventually˺ meet the consequences.
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84:7

فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ
As for those who are given their record in their right hand,
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84:8

فَسَوۡفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابٗا يَسِيرٗا
they will have an easy reckoning,
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84:9

وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورٗا
and will return to their people joyfully.
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84:10

وَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهۡرِهِۦ
And as for those who are given their record ˹in their left hand˺ from behind their backs,
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84:11

فَسَوۡفَ يَدۡعُواْ ثُبُورٗا
they will cry for ˹instant˺ destruction,
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84:12

وَيَصۡلَىٰ سَعِيرًا
and will burn in the blazing Fire.
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84:13

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِيٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورًا
For they used to be prideful among their people,
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84:14

إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ
thinking they would never return ˹to Allah˺.
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84:15

بَلَىٰٓۚ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرٗا
Yes ˹they would˺! Surely their Lord has always been All-Seeing of them.
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84:16

فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ
So, I do swear by the twilight!
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84:17

وَٱلَّيۡلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ
And by the night and whatever it envelops!
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84:18

وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ
And by the moon when it waxes full!
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84:19

لَتَرۡكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٖ
You will certainly pass from one state to another.
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84:20

فَمَا لَهُمۡ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ
So what is the matter with them that they do not believe,
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84:21

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ لَا يَسۡجُدُونَۤ۩
and when the Quran is recited to them, they do not bow down ˹in submission˺?
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84:22

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ يُكَذِّبُونَ
In fact, the disbelievers persist in denial.
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84:23

وَٱللَّهُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ
But Allah knows best whatever they hide.
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84:24

فَبَشِّرۡهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
So give them good news of a painful punishment.
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84:25

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمۡ أَجۡرٌ غَيۡرُ مَمۡنُونِۭ
But those who believe and do good will have a never-ending reward.
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