| | Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim rendition of Surah The Sundering, Splitting Open(al-Inshiqaq)
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| 84:1 | | When once the heaven is split asunder |
| 84:2 | | In obedience to the command of its Creator and in payment of its duty to Hi |
| 84:3 | | And when the earth is stretched out |
| 84:4 | | And disgorges its contents and empties itself of the dead |
| 84:5 | | In obedience to the command of its Creator and in payment of its duty to Him; there and then shall people be adjudged |
| 84:6 | | Remember O man, you are arduously labouring and painfully toiling toward your Creator Whom you shall meet in the end |
| 84:7 | | Then he who is given his book bearing his record in his right hand will have no cause to apprehend |
| 84:8 | | His reckoning will be gracefully conducted |
| 84:9 | | And to his people will he go back rejoicing and greatly delighted |
| 84:10 | | But he who is given his book, bearing his record in his left hand from the back |
| 84:11 | | Will wish he could perish |
| 84:12 | | He will suffer the blazes |
| 84:13 | | How vainly did he rejoice among his people before and disregarded the concord of this discord |
| 84:14 | | He emphatically thought he would never return to his Creator, Whom he never recognized nor adored |
| 84:15 | | But in effect Allah, his Creator had kept him in view and was fully aware of his actions |
| 84:16 | | I swear by the glow of light and display of colour in the sky at the close of the day when the sun sets |
| 84:17 | | And by the night when life closes its lids and past events come to memory and the night-eyed can see and the night wanderer wanders about and the soul roves heaven’s realm |
| 84:18 | | And by the moon at full when its entire disk is illuminated thus dispelling the darkness of the night |
| 84:19 | | That you people shall ride from one circumstance to another and from one mode of existence to another and from a state of things, in which events stand disposed at a particular time, to another, and from one world to another; for in the actual system of things man changes, from one condition to another. He is governed by the inherent dominating power by which actions and feelings are determined |
| 84:20 | | What then prevents them -the infidels- from justifying faith as a conviction operative on their character and will |
| 84:21 | | When the Quran is recited to them, they neither open their hearts' ears nor their minds to stand in awe of Allah and bow to the ground in adoration |
| 84:22 | | No, but the infidels inherently deny the truth which they obstinately reject and the path of righteousness they tend to deviate from |
| 84:23 | | Allah is fully cognizant of what they conceal in their hearts and what is forged in their bosoms and He knows that infidelity is their very prevalent inclination |
| 84:24 | | Therefore, tell them O Muhammad to expect a condign punishment |
| 84:25 | | But not those who believed with hearts impressed with the image of religious and spiritual virtues and with deeds imprinted with wisdom and piety; these are destined to a fortune that is elate, and they will be requited with a reward which will not abate |
