إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتۡ﴿1﴾
When the sky has split [open]
Surah 84 · Makki
The Sundering · 25 ayat
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إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتۡ﴿1﴾
When the sky has split [open]
وَأَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡ﴿2﴾
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
وَإِذَا ٱلۡأَرۡضُ مُدَّتۡ﴿3﴾
And when the earth has been extended
وَأَلۡقَتۡ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتۡ﴿4﴾
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
وَأَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡ﴿5﴾
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدۡحٗا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ﴿6﴾
O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it
فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ﴿7﴾
Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand
فَسَوۡفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابٗا يَسِيرٗا﴿8﴾
He will be judged with an easy account
وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورٗا﴿9﴾
And return to his people in happiness
وَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهۡرِهِۦ﴿10﴾
But as for he who is given his record behind his back
فَسَوۡفَ يَدۡعُواْ ثُبُورٗا﴿11﴾
He will cry out for destruction
وَيَصۡلَىٰ سَعِيرًا﴿12﴾
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِيٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورًا﴿13﴾
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness
إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ﴿14﴾
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah]
بَلَىٰٓۚ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرٗا﴿15﴾
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing
فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ﴿16﴾
So I swear by the twilight glow
وَٱلَّيۡلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ﴿17﴾
And [by] the night and what it envelops
وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ﴿18﴾
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
لَتَرۡكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٖ﴿19﴾
[That] you will surely experience state after state
فَمَا لَهُمۡ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ﴿20﴾
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe
وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ لَا يَسۡجُدُونَۤ۩﴿21﴾
And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ يُكَذِّبُونَ﴿22﴾
But those who have disbelieved deny
وَٱللَّهُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ﴿23﴾
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves
فَبَشِّرۡهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ﴿24﴾
So give them tidings of a painful punishment
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمۡ أَجۡرٌ غَيۡرُ مَمۡنُونِۭ﴿25﴾
Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted
Saheeh International by Umm Muhammad. Arabic text sourced from The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia. Dataset Quran JSON v3.1.2, CC-BY-SA-4.0.