The Sundering, Splitting Open — Edward Henry Palmer Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Bursting Asunder

إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انشَقَّتْ

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When the heaven is rent asunde

Itha alssamao inshaqqat

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

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and gives ear unto its Lord, and is dutiful

Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

وَإِذَا الْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ

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And when the 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 is empty

Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

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and gives ear unto its Lord, and is dutiful

Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

يَا أَيُّهَا الْإِنسَانُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَاقِيهِ

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O man! verily, thou are toiling after thy Lord, toiling; wherefore shalt thou meet Him

Ya ayyuha al-insanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ

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And 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 be reckoned with by an easy reckoning

Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran

وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا

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and he shall go back 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 out for destruction

Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran

وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا

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but he shall broil in a blaze

Wayasla saAAeeran

إِنَّهُ كَانَ فِي أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا

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Verily, he was amongst his family joyful

Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran

إِنَّهُ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ

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Verily, he thought that he should never return to God

Innahu thanna an lan yahoora

بَلَىٰ إِنَّ رَبَّهُ كَانَ بِهِ بَصِيرًا

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Yea, verily, his Lord on him did look

Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالشَّفَقِ

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I need not swear by the evening glow

Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi

وَاللَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ

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Or by the night, and what it drives together

Waallayli wama wasaqa

وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا اتَّسَقَ

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Or by the moon when it is at its full

Waalqamari itha ittasaqa

لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ

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Ye shall be surely transferred from state to state

Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin

فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

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What ails them that they do not believe

Fama lahum la yu/minoona

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقُرْآنُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ

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and, when the Koran is read to them, do not adore

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

بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يُكَذِّبُونَ

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Nay, those who misbelieve do say it is a lie

Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona

وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ

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but God knows best the (malice) that they hide

WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona

فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

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So give them the glad tidings of grievous woe

Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin

إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ

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save those who believe and act aright, for them is hire that is not grudged

Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin

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