# Sura  84 - The Rending

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> 84. al-Inshiqaq: The Rending
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> 1 When the heaven is split asunder 
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> 2 And attentive to her Lord in fear, 
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> 3 And when the earth is spread out 
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> 4 And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty 
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> 5 And attentive to her Lord in fear! 
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> 6 Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence). 
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> 7 Then whoso is given his account in his right hand 
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> 8 He truly will receive an easy reckoning 
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> 9 And will return unto his folk in joy. 
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> 10 But whoso is given his account behind his back, 
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> 11 He surely will invoke destruction 
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> 12 And be thrown to scorching fire. 
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> 13 He verily lived joyous with his folk, 
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> 14 He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah). 
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> 15 Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him! 
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> 16 Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset, 
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> 17 And by the night and all that it enshroudeth, 
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> 18 And by the moon when she is at the full, 
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> 19 That ye shall journey on from plane to plane. 
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> 20 What aileth them, then, that they believe not 
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> 21 And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah) ? 
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> 22 Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny; 
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> 23 And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding. 
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> 24 So give them tidings of a painful doom, 
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> 25 Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.
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> — *Sura  84 - The Rending*