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Al Inshiqaq
Chapter 84, 25 verses
Shakir
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Pickthall
Yusuf Ali
Shakir
When the heaven bursts asunder,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder,
Pickthall
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder
Yusuf Ali
When the sky is rent asunder,
Shakir
And obeys its Lord and it must.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
Pickthall
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
Yusuf Ali
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, and it must needs (do so); -
Shakir
And when the earth is stretched,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And when the earth is stretched forth,
Pickthall
And when the earth is spread out
Yusuf Ali
And when the earth is flattened out,
Shakir
And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And has cast out all that was in it and became empty.
Pickthall
And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
Yusuf Ali
And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) empty,
Shakir
And obeys its Lord and it must.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
Pickthall
And attentive to her Lord in fear!
Yusuf Ali
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, - and it must needs (do so); - (then will come Home the full reality).
Shakir
O man! surely you must strive (to attain) to your Lord, a hard striving until you meet Him.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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
Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence).
Yusuf Ali
O thou man! Verily thou art ever toiling on towards thy Lord - painfully toiling, - but thou shalt meet Him.
Shakir
Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand,
Pickthall
Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
Yusuf Ali
Then he who is given his Record in his right hand,
Shakir
He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
He surely will receive an easy reckoning,
Pickthall
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
Yusuf Ali
Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,
Shakir
And he shall go back to his people joyful.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And will return to his family in joy!
Pickthall
And will return unto his folk in joy.
Yusuf Ali
And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!
Shakir
And as to him who is given his book behind his back,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,
Pickthall
But whoso is given his account behind his back,
Yusuf Ali
But he who is given his Record behind his back, -
Shakir
He shall call for perdition,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
He will invoke (for his) destruction,
Pickthall
He surely will invoke destruction
Yusuf Ali
Soon will he cry for perdition,
Shakir
And enter into burning fire.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And he shall enter a blazing Fire, and be made to taste its burning.
Pickthall
And be thrown to scorching fire.
Yusuf Ali
And he will enter a Blazing Fire.
Shakir
Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Verily, he was among his people in joy!
Pickthall
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
Yusuf Ali
Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing!
Shakir
Surely he thought that he would never return.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to Us)!
Pickthall
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
Yusuf Ali
Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)!
Shakir
Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!
Pickthall
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
Yusuf Ali
Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of him!
Shakir
But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;
Pickthall
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
Yusuf Ali
So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset;
Shakir
And the night and that which it drives on,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness,
Pickthall
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
Yusuf Ali
The Night and its Homing;
Shakir
And the moon when it grows full,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And by the moon when it is at the full.
Pickthall
And by the moon when she is at the full,
Yusuf Ali
And the Moon in her fullness:
Shakir
That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
You shall certainly travel from stage to stage (in this life and in the Hereafter).
Pickthall
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
Yusuf Ali
Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.
Shakir
But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
What is the matter with them, that they believe not?
Pickthall
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
Yusuf Ali
What then is the matter with them, that they believe not? -
Shakir
And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they fall not prostrate.
Pickthall
And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah) ?
Yusuf Ali
And when the Qur'an is read to them, they fall not prostrate,
Shakir
Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
Yusuf Ali
But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).
Shakir
And Allah knows best what they hide,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And Allah knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds),
Pickthall
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
Yusuf Ali
But Allah has full knowledge of what they secrete (in their breasts)
Shakir
So announce to them a painful punishment~
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
So announce to them a painful torment.
Pickthall
So give them tidings of a painful doom,
Yusuf Ali
So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,
Shakir
Except those who believe and do good; for them is a reward that shall never be cut off.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Save those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them is a reward that will never come to an end (i.e. Paradise).
Pickthall
Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.
Yusuf Ali
Except to those who believe and work righteous deeds: For them is a Reward that will never fail.