| | Shabbir Ahmed rendition of Surah The Sundering, Splitting Open(al-Inshiqaq)
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| 84:1 | | When the Sky is rent asunder. (The high Space will be explored and Astronomy will bring knowledge of the Cosmos) |
| 84:2 | | It will listen to its Lord for that is what it has been decreed to do |
| 84:3 | | And when the earth is spread out. (It becomes widely inhabited) |
| 84:4 | | And casts out whatever is in it and becomes void. (The earth will bring forth its fossils and minerals through Archaeology, drilling and mining) |
| 84:5 | | It will listen to its Lord for that is what it has been decreed to do |
| 84:6 | | O Man! Behold, You have been toiling hard toward your Lord - painfully toiling - then you shall meet Him |
| 84:7 | | Then whoever is given his Book in his right hand, (The follower of this Revelation is indeed blessed, for) |
| 84:8 | | He truly reckons the decisions of his life with ease |
| 84:9 | | And returns rejoicing to his folk (the Ideologically synchronous minds) |
| 84:10 | | But as for him who is given his Book behind his back (he who has turned his back to the Book, looking back to the ancestral traditions) |
| 84:11 | | He will be inviting upon himself chaos |
| 84:12 | | And enter the Blazing Flame |
| 84:13 | | Behold, he used to enjoy the company of his own kind |
| 84:14 | | For, behold, he deemed that life would never quit revolving like this |
| 84:15 | | Nay, but behold, his Lord did see all his mettle. ('Bihi' = In him = His true worth = His mettle) |
| 84:16 | | Oh, I call to witness the Rosy Afterglow of sunset |
| 84:17 | | And the Night and all that it enshrouds |
| 84:18 | | And the Moon as it steadily grows to her fullness |
| 84:19 | | That you will traverse higher and higher from one plane to another. (Civilizations will keep advancing in sciences, and individuals will always have a chance to grow in goodness. Furthermore, evolution of the 'Self' will carry on in the life to come) |
| 84:20 | | What, then, is the matter with them that they believe not (in a higher form of life? |
| 84:21 | | And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they prostrate not! (They adore not and humble themselves not before the eloquence, Wisdom and Majesty of the Divine Word! |
| 84:22 | | Nay, but the rejecters belie |
| 84:23 | | And Allah is best Knower of what they hide. (Their idols, peer pressure, traditions, malice, schemes, vested interests) |
| 84:24 | | So give them the tiding of an awful doom |
| 84:25 | | Except to those who choose to be graced with belief and do acts that help people - for them is a reward unending |
