Chronologically this Sura is closely connected with the last one. In subject matter it resembles more Suras 81 and 82, with which it may be compared. By a number of mystic metaphors it is shown that the present phenomenal order will not last, and Allah's full Judgment will certainly be established: Man should therefore strive for that World of Eternity and True Values.
C.264-(Verses 1 to 25)-All mysteries, fair or shrouded in gloom, will vanish when the full Reality stands revealed. If this Life is but Painful Toil, there's Hope of the Meeting with the Lord! That will be Bliss indeed for the Righteous, but woe to the arrogant dealers in sin! Like the sunset Glow or the shades of night, or the Moon's everchanging light, man's life never rests here below, but travels ever onwards stage by stage. Grasp then Allah's Message and reach the Heights, to reap a Reward that will never fail through all eternity!
84:1 SURA 84. Inshiqaq, or The Rending Asunder. In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. When the sky is rent asunder,
84:2 And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, -- and it must needs (Do so); --
84:3 And when the Earth is flattened out,
84:4 And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) empty,
84:5 And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, -- and it must needs (do so); -- (then will come home the full Reality).
84:6 O thou man! Verily thou art ever toiling on towards thy Lord -- painfully toiling, -- but thou shalt meet Him.
84:7 Then he who is given his Record in his right hand,
84:8 Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,
84:9 And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!
84:10 But he who is given his Record behind his back, --
84:11 Soon will he cry for Perdition,
84:12 And he will enter a Blazing Fire.
84:13 Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing!
84:14 Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)!
84:15 Nay, nay! For his Lord was (ever) watchful of him!
84:16 So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset;
84:17 The Night and its Homing;
84:18 And the Moon in her Fullness:
84:19 Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.
84:20 What then is the matter with them, that they believe not? --
84:21 And when the Koran is read to them, they fall not prostrate,
84:22 But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).
84:23 But Allah has full Knowledge of what they secrete (in their breasts).
84:24 So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,
84:25 Except to those who believe and work righteous deeds: For them is a Reward that will never fail.
