| | Sayyid Qutb rendition of Surah The Sundering, Splitting Open(al-Inshiqaq)
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| 84:1 | | When the sky is rent asunder, |
| 84:2 | | obeying her Lord in true submission; |
| 84:3 | | when the earth is stretched out |
| 84:4 | | and casts forth all that is within her and becomes empty, |
| 84:5 | | obeying her Lord in true submission! |
| 84:6 | | O man! You have been toiling towards your Lord, and you shall meet Him. |
| 84:7 | | He who is given his record in his right hand |
| 84:8 | | will in time have a lenient reckoning, |
| 84:9 | | and return rejoicing to his people. |
| 84:10 | | But he who is given his record behind his back |
| 84:11 | | will in time call down destruction upon himself |
| 84:12 | | and will enter the fire of hell. |
| 84:13 | | He lived joyfully among his people. |
| 84:14 | | He surely thought he would never return. |
| 84:15 | | Yes, indeed; his Lord was watching over him. |
| 84:16 | | I swear by the twilight, |
| 84:17 | | and by the night and what it envelops, |
| 84:18 | | and by the moon in her full perfection, |
| 84:19 | | that you shall certainly move onward, stage after stage. |
| 84:20 | | Why then do they not accept the faith? |
| 84:21 | | Or, when the Qur'Än is read to them, they do not fall down in prostration? |
| 84:22 | | But the unbelievers persist in rejecting [the truth], |
| 84:23 | | yet God knows very well what they are hiding |
| 84:24 | | so give them the tidings of a grievous suffering, |
| 84:25 | | except for those who believe and do good deeds; for theirs is and unfailing reward |
