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AL-INFITAR (82)

The Cleaving

1. When the heaven is cleft asunder,(1)
2. when the stars are scattered,(2)
3. when the seas overflow,(3)
4. when the tombs are overturned,(4)
5. a soul shall know what it forwarded, and what it left behind;(5)
6. O Man, what has deceived thee concerning thy Gracious Lord,(6)
7. who created thee, then shaped thee, then balanced thee;(7)
8. in whatever form He willed composed thee.(8)
9. No indeed; but you give lies to the Recompense;(9)
10. but surely there are guards over you,(10)
11. noble writers,(11)
12. who know what you do.(12)
13. Surely, the virtuous shall be in Bliss,(13)
14. and surely the law - breakers shall be in Hell,(14)
15. entering therein on the Day of Recompense.(15)
16. And they were never hidden from it.(16)
17. And what teaches thee what the Day of Recompense is?(17)
18. Again, what teaches thee what the Day of Recompense is?(18)
19. The day when no soul shall have power to help another soul at all. and the whole affair, that day, shall belong to God.(19)