Sura 84: The Rupture
(Al-Inshiqaaq)
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

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اذا السماء انشقت

The time will come when the sky is ruptured.

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واذنت لربها وحقت

It will submit to its Lord and expire.

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واذا الارض مدت

The earth will be leveled.

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والقت ما فيها وتخلت

It will eject its contents, as it erupts.

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واذنت لربها وحقت

It will submit to its Lord and expire.

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يا ايها الانسان انك كادح الى ربك كدحا فملاقيه

O humans, you are irreversibly heading for a meeting with your Lord.

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فاما من اوتي كتابه بيمينه

As for the one who receives his record in his right hand,

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فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا

His reckoning will be easy.

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وينقلب الى اهله مسرورا

He will return to his people joyfully.

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واما من اوتي كتابه وراء ظهره

As for the one who receives his record behind his back,

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فسوف يدعو ثبورا

He will be ridden with remorse.

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ويصلى سعيرا

And will burn in Hell.

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انه كان في اهله مسرورا

He used to act arrogantly among his people.

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انه ظن ان لن يحور

He thought that he will never be called to account.

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بلى ان ربه كان به بصيرا

Yes indeed, his Lord was Seer of him.

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فلا اقسم بالشفق

I solemnly swear by the rosy dusk.

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والليل وما وسق

And the night as it spreads.

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والقمر اذا اتسق

And the moon and its phases.

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لتركبن طبقا عن طبق

You will move from stage to stage.

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فما لهم لا يؤمنون

Why do they not believe?

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واذا قرئ عليهم القران لا يسجدون

And when the Quran is recited to them, they do not fall prostrate.

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بل الذين كفروا يكذبون

This is because those who disbelieved are rejecting (the Quran).

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والله اعلم بما يوعون

GOD is fully aware of their innermost thoughts.

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فبشرهم بعذاب اليم

Promise them painful retribution.

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الا الذين امنوا وعملوا الصالحات لهم اجر غير ممنون

As for those who believed and led a righteous life, they receive a recompense that is well deserved.

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