Chapter 84, Al-Inshiqaq [ The Sundering ]
- Seeking refuge with Allah from the banished Satan.I begin in the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Merciful.
- 1. When the sky is rent asunder,
- 2. And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, and it must needs (do so);-
- 3. And when the earth is flattened out,
- 4. And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) empty,
- 5. And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord,- and it must needs (do so);- (then will come Home the full reality).
- 6. O thou man! Verily thou art ever toiling on towards thy Lord- painfully toiling,- but thou shalt meet Him.
- 7. Then he who is given his Record in his right hand,
- 8. Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,
- 9. And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!
- 10. But he who is given his Record behind his back,-
- 11. Soon will he cry for perdition,
- 12. And he will enter a Blazing Fire.
- 13. Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing!
- 14. Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)!
- 15. Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of him!
- 16. So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset;
- 17. The Night and its Homing;
- 18. And the Moon in her fullness:
- 19. Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.
- 20. What then is the matter with them, that they believe not?-
- 21. And when the Qur'an is read to them, they fall not prostrate,
- 22. But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).
- 23. But Allah has full knowledge of what they secrete (in their breasts)
- 24. So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,
- 25. Except to those who believe and work righteous deeds: For them is a Reward that will never fail.