P:  A spring whence those brought near (to Allah) drink.

S:  A fountain from which drink they who are drawn near (to Allah).

083.029 Y:  Those in sin used to laugh at those who believed,

P:  Lo! the guilty used to laugh at those who believed,

S:  Surely they who are guilty used to laugh at those who believe.

083.030 Y:  And whenever they passed by them, used to wink at each other (in mockery);

P:  And wink one to another when they passed them;

S:  And when they passed by them, they winked at one another.

083.031 Y:  And when they returned to their own people, they would return jesting;

P:  And when they returned to their own folk, they returned jesting;

S:  And when they returned to their own followers they returned exulting.

083.032 Y:  And whenever they saw them, they would say, “Behold!  These are the people truly astray!”

P:  And when they saw them they said:  Lo! these have gone astray.

S:  And when they saw them, they said:  Most surely these are in error;

083.033 Y:  But they had not been sent as keepers over them!

P:  Yet they were not sent as guardians over them.

S:  And they were not sent to be keepers over them.

083.034 Y:  But on this Day the Believers will laugh at the Unbelievers: 

P:  This day it is those who believe who have the laugh of disbelievers,

S:  So today those who believe shall laugh at the unbelievers;

083.035 Y:  On Thrones (of Dignity) they will command (a sight) (of all things).

P:  On high couches, gazing.

S:  On thrones, they will look.

083.036 Y:  Will not the Unbelievers have been paid back for what they did?

P:  Are not the disbelievers paid for what they used to do?

S:  Surely the disbelievers are rewarded as they did.

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Chapter 84: 

Al-INSHIQAQ (the sundering, splitting open)
Total Verses:  25 Revealed At:  Makka

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In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.

084.001 Y:  When the sky is rent asunder,

P:  When the heaven is split asunder

S:  When the heaven bursts asunder,

084.002 Y:  And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, and it must needs (do so);-

P:  And attentive to her Lord in fear,

S:  And obeys its Lord and it must.

084.003 Y:  And when the earth is flattened out,

P:  And when the earth is spread out

S:  And when the earth is stretched,

084.004 Y:  And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) empty,

P:  And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty