In the Name of Allâh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. |
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When the heaven is split asunder, |
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And listens and obeys its Lord, and it must do so; |
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And when the earth is stretched forth, |
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And has cast out all that was in it and became empty, |
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And listens and obeys its Lord, and it must do so; |
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O man! Verily, you are returning towards your Lord
with your deeds and actions (good or bad), a sure returning, so
you will meet (i.e. the results of your deeds which you did). |
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Then, as for him who will be given his Record in his
right hand, |
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He surely will receive an easy reckoning, |
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And will return to his family in joy! |
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But whosoever is given his Record behind his back, |
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He will invoke (his) destruction, |
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And shall enter a blazing Fire, and made to taste its
burning. |
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Verily, he was among his people in joy! |
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Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to
Us)! |
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Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him! |
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So I swear by the afterglow of sunset; |
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And by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness; |
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And by the moon when it is at the full, |
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You shall certainly travel from stage to stage (in
this life and in the Hereafter). |
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What is the matter with them, that they believe not? |
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And when the Qur'ân is recited to them, they
fall not prostrate, |
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Nay, (on the contrary), those who disbelieve, belie
(Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) and whatever he brought,
i.e. this Qur'ân and Islâmic Monotheism, etc.).[] |
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And Allâh knows best what they gather (of good
and bad deeds), |
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So announce to them a painful torment. |
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Save those who believe and do righteous good deeds,
for them is a reward that will never come to an end (i.e. Paradise). |