Al Inshiqaq

Pickthall

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder

Transliteration

1 Itha alssamao inshaqqat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder,

Pickthall

2 And attentive to her Lord in fear,

Transliteration

2 Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

2 And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.

Pickthall

3 And when the earth is spread out

Transliteration

3 Waitha alardu muddat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 And when the earth is stretched forth,

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

4 Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 And has cast out all that was in it and became empty.

Pickthall

5 And attentive to her Lord in fear!

Transliteration

5 Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.

Pickthall

6 Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence).

Transliteration

6 Ya ayyuha alinsanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

6 O man! Verily, you are returning towards your Lord with your deeds and actions (good or bad), a sure returning, and you will meet (the results of your deeds which you did).

Pickthall

7 Then whoso is given his account in his right hand

Transliteration

7 Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand,

Pickthall

8 He truly will receive an easy reckoning

Transliteration

8 Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 He surely will receive an easy reckoning,

Pickthall

9 And will return unto his folk in joy.

Transliteration

9 Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 And will return to his family in joy!

Pickthall

10 But whoso is given his account behind his back,

Transliteration

10 Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

10 But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,

Pickthall

11 He surely will invoke destruction

Transliteration

11 Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 He will invoke (for his) destruction,

Pickthall

12 And be thrown to scorching fire.

Transliteration

12 Wayasla saAAeeran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

12 And he shall enter a blazing Fire, and be made to taste its burning.

Pickthall

13 He verily lived joyous with his folk,

Transliteration

13 Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 Verily, he was among his people in joy!

Pickthall

14 He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).

Transliteration

14 Innahu thanna an lan yahoora

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

14 Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to Us)!

Pickthall

15 Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!

Transliteration

15 Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

15 Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!

Pickthall

16 Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,

Transliteration

16 Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;

Pickthall

17 And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,

Transliteration

17 Waallayli wama wasaqa

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

17 And by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness,

Pickthall

18 And by the moon when she is at the full,

Transliteration

18 Waalqamari itha ittasaqa

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

18 And by the moon when it is at the full.

Pickthall

19 That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.

Transliteration

19 Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

19 You shall certainly travel from stage to stage (in this life and in the Hereafter).

Pickthall

20 What aileth them, then, that they believe not

Transliteration

20 Fama lahum la yuminoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

20 What is the matter with them, that they believe not?

Pickthall

21 And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah) ?

Transliteration

21 Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

21 And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they fall not prostrate.

Pickthall

22 Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;

Transliteration

22 Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

22 Nay, those who disbelieve belie (Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and whatever he brought, i.e. this Qur'an and Islamic Monotheism, etc.).

Pickthall

23 And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.

Transliteration

23 WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

23 And Allah knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds),

Pickthall

24 So give them tidings of a painful doom,

Transliteration

24 Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

24 So announce to them a painful torment.

Pickthall

25 Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.

Transliteration

25 Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

25 Save those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them is a reward that will never come to an end (i.e. Paradise).