The Sundering, Splitting Open — Arthur John Arberry Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Bursting Asunder

إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انشَقَّتْ

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When heaven is rent asunde

Itha alssamao inshaqqat

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

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and gives ear to its Lord, and is fitly disposed

Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

وَإِذَا الْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ

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when earth is stretched ou

Wa-itha al-ardu muddat

وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ

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and casts forth what is in it, and voids itself

Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

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and gives ear to its Lord, and is fitly disposed

Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

يَا أَيُّهَا الْإِنسَانُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَاقِيهِ

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O Man! Thou art labouring unto thy Lord laboriously, and thou shalt encounter Him

Ya ayyuha al-insanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ

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Then as for him who is given his book in his right hand

Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi

فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا

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he shall surely receive an easy reckonin

Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran

وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا

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and he will return to his family joyfully

Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ وَرَاءَ ظَهْرِهِ

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But as for him who is given his book behind his back

Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi

فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُو ثُبُورًا

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he shall call for destructio

Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran

وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا

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and he shall roast at a Blaze

Wayasla saAAeeran

إِنَّهُ كَانَ فِي أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا

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He once lived among his family joyfully

Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran

إِنَّهُ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ

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he surely thought he would never revert

Innahu thanna an lan yahoora

بَلَىٰ إِنَّ رَبَّهُ كَانَ بِهِ بَصِيرًا

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Yes indeed; his Lord had sight of him

Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالشَّفَقِ

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No! I swear by the twiligh

Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi

وَاللَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ

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and the night and what it envelop

Waallayli wama wasaqa

وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا اتَّسَقَ

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and the moon when it is at the full

Waalqamari itha ittasaqa

لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ

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you shall surely ride stage after stage

Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin

فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

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Then what ails them, that they believe not

Fama lahum la yu/minoona

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقُرْآنُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ

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and when the Koran is recited to them they do not bow

Wa-itha quri-a AAalayhimu alqur-anu la yasjudoona

بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يُكَذِّبُونَ

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Nay, but the unbelievers are crying lies

Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona

وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ

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and God knows very well what they are secreting

WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona

فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

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So give them good tidings of a painful chastisement

Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin

إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ

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except those that believe, and do righteous deeds -- theirs shall be a wage unfailing

Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin

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