Surah Inshiqaq
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When the sky bursts open [84:1]
and hearkens to its Lord and is given its due, [84:2]
and when the earth is distended [84:3]
and throws up what is in it and becomes empty [84:4]
and hearkens to its Lord and is given its due: [84:5]
O man, you are striving toward your Lord, and you will meet your Lord; [84:6]
then the one who is given his record in his right hand [84:7]
will be called to account for an easy reckoning [84:8]
and return to his people delighted. [84:9]
As for the one who is given his record behind his back, [84:10]
he will cry for destruction [84:11]
as he roasts in a blaze [84:12]
for he used to be happy among his people: [84:13]
he assumed he’d never return. [84:14]
But no, his Lord was watching him. [84:15]
So I swear by the evening glow [84:16]
and the night and what it envelops [84:17]
and the moon when it’s full [84:18]
you will surely mount from one level to another. [84:19]
Now what is the matter with them that they don’t believe, [84:20]
and do not bow when the Qur’an is recited to them? [84:21]
Instead those who scoff repudiate truth; [84:22]
but God knows best what they keep inside. [84:23]
So inform them of a painful penalty, [84:24]
except those who believe and do the right things; for them there is a reward without diminution. [84:25]