Revealed in Makkah, Surah Al-Inshiqaq (The Sundering) depicts the sky bursting open and obeying its Lord, and the earth casting out its contents. It explains that every human is striving toward their Lord in a journey that will end in meeting Him. The chapter contrasts the joy of those given their record in their right hand with the despair of those receiving it behind their backs.
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Itha alssamao inshaqqat
Translation
When the sky is ruptured
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Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
Translation
And hearkens to its Lord, as it must
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Waitha alardu muddat
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And when the earth is leveled out
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Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat
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And casts out what is in it, and becomes empty
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Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
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And hearkens to its Lord, as it must
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Ya ayyuha alinsanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi
Translation
O man! You are laboring towards your Lord, and you will meet Him
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Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi
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As for him who is given his book in his right hand
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Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran
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He will have an easy settlement
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Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran
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And will return to his family delighted
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Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi
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But as for him who is given his book behind his back
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Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran
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He will call for death
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Wayasla saAAeeran
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And will enter the Blaze
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Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran
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He used to be happy among his family
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Innahu thanna an lan yahoora
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He thought he would never return
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Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran
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In fact, his Lord was watching him
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Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi
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I swear by the twilight
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Waallayli wama wasaqa
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And by the night, and what it covers
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Waalqamari itha ittasaqa
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And by the moon, as it grows full
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Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin
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You will mount stage by stage
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Fama lahum la yuminoona
Translation
What is the matter with them that they do not believe