The Sundering, Splitting Open — N J Dawood 2014 Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Bursting Asunder

إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انشَقَّتْ

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WHEN THE sky is rent apart

Itha alssamao inshaqqat

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

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obeying her Lord in true submission

Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

وَإِذَا الْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ

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when the earth expand

Wa-itha al-ardu muddat

وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ

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and casts out all that is within her and becomes empty

Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

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obeying her Lord in true submission; then

Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

يَا أَيُّهَا الْإِنسَانُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَاقِيهِ

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O man, who labour constantly to meet your Lord, shall you meet Him

Ya ayyuha al-insanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ

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He that is given his book in his right han

Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi

فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا

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shall have a lenient reckoning

Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran

وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا

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and shall go back rejoicing to his people

Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ وَرَاءَ ظَهْرِهِ

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But he that is given his book behind his bac

Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi

فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُو ثُبُورًا

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shall call down destruction on himsel

Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran

وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا

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and burn in the Conflagration

Wayasla saAAeeran

إِنَّهُ كَانَ فِي أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا

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for he lived rejoicing among his peopl

Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran

إِنَّهُ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ

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and thought he would never turn back

Innahu thanna an lan yahoora

بَلَىٰ إِنَّ رَبَّهُ كَانَ بِهِ بَصِيرًا

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Yes; but his Lord was ever watching him

Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالشَّفَقِ

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I swear by the glow of sunset

Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi

وَاللَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ

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by the night, and all that it envelops

Waallayli wama wasaqa

وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا اتَّسَقَ

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by the moon, in her full perfection

Waalqamari itha ittasaqa

لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ

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that you shall march onwards from stage to stage

Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin

فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

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Why then do they not believe

Fama lahum la yu/minoona

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقُرْآنُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ

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or kneel down in prayer when the Koran is read to them

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

بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يُكَذِّبُونَ

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The unbelievers indeed are in denial

Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona

وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ

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but God knows best the falsehoods they believe in

WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona

فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

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Therefore proclaim to them a woeful scourge

Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin

إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ

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save those who believe and do good works; for theirs is an unfailing recompense

Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin

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