Al Inshiqaq

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

1 When the sky has split [open]

Pickthall

2 And attentive to her Lord in fear,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

2 And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]

Pickthall

3 And when the earth is spread out

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 And when the earth is stretched forth,

Saheeh International

3 And when the earth has been extended

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

4 And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]

Pickthall

5 And attentive to her Lord in fear!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

5 And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -

Pickthall

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

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).

Saheeh International

6 O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.

Pickthall

7 Then whoso is given his account in his right hand

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

7 Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,

Pickthall

8 He truly will receive an easy reckoning

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 He surely will receive an easy reckoning,

Saheeh International

8 He will be judged with an easy account

Pickthall

9 And will return unto his folk in joy.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 And will return to his family in joy!

Saheeh International

9 And return to his people in happiness.

Pickthall

10 But whoso is given his account behind his back,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

10 But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,

Saheeh International

10 But as for he who is given his record behind his back,

Pickthall

11 He surely will invoke destruction

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 He will invoke (for his) destruction,

Saheeh International

11 He will cry out for destruction

Pickthall

12 And be thrown to scorching fire.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

12 And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

Pickthall

13 He verily lived joyous with his folk,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 Verily, he was among his people in joy!

Saheeh International

13 Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

14 Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

15 But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.

Pickthall

16 Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;

Saheeh International

16 So I swear by the twilight glow

Pickthall

17 And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

17 And [by] the night and what it envelops

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

18 And [by] the moon when it becomes full

Pickthall

19 That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

19 [That] you will surely experience state after state.

Pickthall

20 What aileth them, then, that they believe not

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

20 So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

21 And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?

Pickthall

22 Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;

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.).

Saheeh International

22 But those who have disbelieved deny,

Pickthall

23 And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

23 And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.

Pickthall

24 So give them tidings of a painful doom,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

24 So announce to them a painful torment.

Saheeh International

24 So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

Pickthall

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

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).

Saheeh International

25 Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.