| | Aisha Bewley rendition of Surah The Sundering, Splitting Open(al-Inshiqaq)
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| 84:1 | | When the sky bursts open, |
| 84:2 | | hearkening to its Lord as it is bound to do! |
| 84:3 | | When the earth is flattened out |
| 84:4 | | and disgorges what is inside it and empties out, |
| 84:5 | | hearkening to its Lord as it is bound to do! |
| 84:6 | | O Man! You are toiling laboriously towards your Lord but meet Him you will! |
| 84:7 | | As for him who is given his Book in his right hand, |
| 84:8 | | he will be given an easy reckoning |
| 84:9 | | and return to his family joyfully. |
| 84:10 | | But as for him who is given his Book behind his back, |
| 84:11 | | he will cry out for destruction |
| 84:12 | | but will be roasted in a Searing Blaze. |
| 84:13 | | He used to be joyful in his family. |
| 84:14 | | He thought that he was never going to return. |
| 84:15 | | But in fact his Lord was always watching him! |
| 84:16 | | No, I swear by the evening glow, |
| 84:17 | | and the night and all it shrouds, |
| 84:18 | | and the moon when it is full, |
| 84:19 | | you will mount up stage by stage! |
| 84:20 | | What is the matter with them that they have no iman |
| 84:21 | | and, when the Qur´an is recited to them, do not prostrate? |
| 84:22 | | In fact those who are kafir say that it is lies. |
| 84:23 | | But Allah knows best what they are storing in their hearts. |
| 84:24 | | Give them the news of a painful punishment — |
| 84:25 | | except those who have iman and do right actions: they will have a wage which never fails. |
