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Sura Lxxxiv. Inshiqaq, Or The Rending Asunder

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"The Holy Quran", tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934],

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Sra Lxxxiv.

\"INSHIQQ," Or The Rending Asunder.

In the name of God, Most Gracious,

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)

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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!

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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 Fulness:

19.
Ye shall surely travel

From stage to stage

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20.
What then is the matter

With them, that they

Believe not?--

21.
And when the Qur-n

Is read to them, they

Fall not prostrate,

22.
But on the contrary

The Unbelievers reject (it).

23.
But God 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.

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