IslamAwakened.com Qur'an Tafsir of Surah al-Inshiqaq - The Sundering, Splitting Open as rendered by
Linda “iLHam” Barto
84:1
When the sky is ripped!
84:2
[When it] heeds its Lord! And it must!
84:3
When the earth is flattened!
84:4
[When it] erupts with what is in it and becomes empty!
84:5
[When it] heeds its Lord! And it must!
84:6
O Humanity, truly, you are toiling onward towards your Lord, with effort, but you will meet Him.
84:7
One who is given his/her record in the right hand…
84:8
…will receive an easy reckoning for his/her account.
84:9
He/she will turn to his/her people, rejoicing.
84:10
The one who is given his/her record behind his/her back…
84:11
…will soon cry for destruction.
84:12
He/she will enter a blazing fire.
84:13
He/she certainly went among his/her people, gleefully.
84:14
He/she really thought that there was no return [to Allah].
84:15
How senseless! Truly, the Lord was always watching him/her.
84:16
Oh, I attest by the glow of sunset,…
84:17
…the night and all it gathers,…
84:18
…and the moon in its fullness.
84:19
You will certainly journey from one point to another.
84:20
What is wrong with (the unbelievers) that they won’t believe?
84:21
When the Qur’an is read to them, they do not prostrate.
84:22
On the contrary, they reject it.
84:23
Allah has full knowledge of what [ill thoughts] they harbor.
84:24
So proclaim to them a harsh penalty.
84:25
The exception is for those who believe and work righteous deeds. For them is an infallible reward.
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