Surah al-Inshiqaq, Chapter 84
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Verses 1 – 25
إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ {1}
1. When Heaven shall burst.
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ {2}
2. And shall comply with commands oftheir Providence as they ought to.
وَإِذَا الْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ {3}
3. And Earth shall stretch.
وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ {4}
4. And throw up its contents and be empty.
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ {5}
5. In compliance with the commands of its Providence, as it ought to.
يَا أَيُّهَا الْإِنْسَانُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَاقِيهِ {6}
6. Oh you man, you who are certainly striving so hard to meet your Providence shall certainly meet Him.
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ {7}
7. So he who is given his book of records in his right hand,
فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا {8}
8. shall be overlooked of his shortcomings.
وَيَنْقَلِبُ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا {9}
9. And shall return to his (nymphs) family cheerfully.
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ وَرَاءَ ظَهْرِهِ {10}
10. But he who is given his book of rewards behind his back,
فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُو ثُبُورًا {11}
11. shall shortly cry for death.
وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا {12}
12. And will be hurled into hell.
إِنَّهُ كَانَ فِي أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا {13}
13. As certainly he was returning hom happy in the world without consideration of his deeds.
إِنَّهُ ظَنَّ أَنْ لَنْ يَحُورَ {14}
14. He was evidently not certain of reverting (to God).
بَلَىٰ إِنَّ رَبَّهُ كَانَ بِهِ بَصِيرًا {15}
15. Rather his Providence had been watching him.
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالشَّفَقِ {16}
16. I swear by the twilight.
وَاللَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ {17}
17. And by the night which envelops.
وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا اتَّسَقَ {18}
18. And by the moon when he is full.
لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَنْ طَبَقٍ {19}
19. You will certainly follow home in the footsteps of your predecessors.
فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ {20}
20. What is up with them? They do not embrace faith?
وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقُرْآنُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩ {21}
21. And when the (Glorious) Qur’an is being read they do not kneel down.
بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يُكَذِّبُونَ {22}
22. Rather, the infidels are falsifying.
وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ {23}
23. And God knows what they keep secret (in their hearts).
فَبَشِّرْهُمْ بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ {24}
24. So give them tidings of intense punishment.
إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ {25}
25. Except the faithful who acted righteously for whom is boundless reward.
Religious Moral
To get yoiur book of rewards of self-sacrifice in faith, e.g. give him who refuses you, reconcile with him who discords with you, and forgive him who tyrannizes you.
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