Selected

Original Text
A. J. Arberry

Available Translations

84 Al-'Inshiqāq ٱلْإِنْشِقَاق

< Previous   25 Āyah   The Sundering      Next >  

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

84:1 إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ
84:1 When heaven is rent asunder - A. J. Arberry (English)

84:2 وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
84:2 and gives ear to its Lord, and is fitly disposed; - A. J. Arberry (English)

84:3 وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ
84:3 when earth is stretched out - A. J. Arberry (English)

84:4 وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ
84:4 and casts forth what is in it, and voids itself, - A. J. Arberry (English)

84:5 وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
84:5 and gives ear to its Lord, and is fitly disposed! - A. J. Arberry (English)

84:6 يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَـٰقِيهِ
84:6 O Man! Thou art labouring unto thy Lord laboriously, and thou shalt encounter Him. - A. J. Arberry (English)

84:7 فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ
84:7 Then as for him who is given his book in his right hand, - A. J. Arberry (English)

84:8 فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا
84:8 he shall surely receive an easy reckoning - A. J. Arberry (English)

84:9 وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا
84:9 and he will return to his family joyfully. - A. J. Arberry (English)

84:10 وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ
84:10 But as for him who is given his book behind his back, - A. J. Arberry (English)

84:11 فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًا
84:11 he shall call for destruction - A. J. Arberry (English)

84:12 وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا
84:12 and he shall roast at a Blaze. - A. J. Arberry (English)

84:13 إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا
84:13 He once lived among his family joyfully; - A. J. Arberry (English)

84:14 إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ
84:14 he surely thought he would never revert. - A. J. Arberry (English)

84:15 بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًا
84:15 Yes indeed; his Lord had sight of him. - A. J. Arberry (English)

84:16 فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ
84:16 No! I swear by the twilight - A. J. Arberry (English)

84:17 وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ
84:17 and the night and what it envelops - A. J. Arberry (English)

84:18 وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ
84:18 and the moon when it is at the full, - A. J. Arberry (English)

84:19 لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ
84:19 you shall surely ride stage after stage. - A. J. Arberry (English)

84:20 فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
84:20 Then what ails them, that they believe not, - A. J. Arberry (English)

84:21 وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩
84:21 and when the Koran is recited to them they do not bow? - A. J. Arberry (English)

84:22 بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ
84:22 Nay, but the unbelievers are crying lies, - A. J. Arberry (English)

84:23 وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ
84:23 and God knows very well what they are secreting. - A. J. Arberry (English)

84:24 فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
84:24 So give them good tidings of a painful chastisement, - A. J. Arberry (English)

84:25 إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ
84:25 except those that believe, and do righteous deeds -- theirs shall be a wage unfailing. - A. J. Arberry (English)