Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhen the heaven is split asunder
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Al-Inshiqaq · The Sundering
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd attentive to her Lord in fear,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when the earth is spread out
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd attentive to her Lord in fear!
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence).
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen whoso is given his account in his right hand
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe truly will receive an easy reckoning
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd will return unto his folk in joy.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut whoso is given his account behind his back,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe surely will invoke destruction
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd be thrown to scorching fire.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe verily lived joyous with his folk,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallOh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd by the moon when she is at the full,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThat ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhat aileth them, then, that they believe not
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah)?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSo give them tidings of a painful doom,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSave those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.
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Quran text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani), tanzil.net – CC BY 3.0, unchanged. Translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall – Public domain (published 1930).
