SURAH
84: AL INSHIQAQ (The Tearing Open).
In the name of Allah, the Gracious,
the Merciful
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When the sky is torn open,
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And obeys its Lord, that will be its end.
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And when the earth is flattened out,
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And casts forth what is within it and becomes empty,
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And obeys its Lord, that will be its end.
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O you man! Truly you are always toiling on towards your Lord, painfully
toiling, but you shall meet him.
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Then he who is given his record in his right hand,
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Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,
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And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!
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But he who is given his record behind his back,
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Soon will he cry for perdition,
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And he will enter a blazing fire.
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Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing!
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Truly, did he think that he would not have to return!
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No, no! For his Lord was watchful of him!
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So I call
to witness the ruddy glow of sunset;
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The night and its homing;
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And the moon in her fullness:
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You shall surely travel from stage to stage.
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What then is the matter with them that they believe not?
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And when the Quran
is read to them, they fall not prostrate,
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But on the contrary the unbelievers reject.
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But Allah has full knowledge of what they hide,
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So announce to them a penalty grievous,
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Except to those who believe and work righteous deeds: for them is a reward that
will never fail.