The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics)

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82. TORN APART
A Meccan sura dealing with man’s ingratitude and his failure to concede that
the Day of Judgement will come. Again, the sura opens with a powerful
description of events on the Day of Judgement and the title is taken from this
description.
In the name of God, the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of Mercy
1 When the sky is torn apart, 2 when the stars are scattered, 3 when the
seas burst forth, 4 when graves turn inside out: 5 each soul will know
what it has done and what it has left undone. 6 Mankind, what has
lured you away from God, 7 your generous Lord, who created you,
shaped you, proportioned you, 8 in whatever form He chose? 9 Yet
you still take the Judgement to be a lie! 10 Over you stand 11 watchers,
noble recorders 12 who know what you do: 13 the good will live in bliss,
14 and the wicked will burn in the Fire. 15 They will enter it on the
Day of Judgement 16 and they will find no escape. 17 What will explain
to you what the Day of Judgement is? 18 Yes! What will explain to you
what the Day of Judgement is? 19 The Day when no soul will be able
to do anything for another; on that Day, command will belong to
God. a
a Or ‘everything is up to God’.