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The Qur'an (Pickthall) · Al-Inshiqaaq

The Qur'an (Pickthall) · Meccan

84. Al-Inshiqaaq

The Splitting Open · 25 verses

1 When the heaven is split asunder

2 And attentive to her Lord in fear

3 And when the earth is spread out

4 And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty

5 And attentive to her Lord in fear

6 Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence)

7 Then whoso is given his account in his right hand

8 He truly will receive an easy reckoning

9 And will return unto his folk in joy

10 But whoso is given his account behind his back

11 He surely will invoke destruction

12 And be thrown to scorching fire

13 He verily lived joyous with his folk

14 He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah)

15 Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him

16 Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset

17 And by the night and all that it enshroudeth

18 And by the moon when she is at the full

19 That ye shall journey on from plane to plane

20 What aileth them, then, that they believe not

21 And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah)

22 Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny

23 And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding

24 So give them tidings of a painful doom

25 Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing