Al Inshiqaq

Shakir

1 When the heaven bursts asunder,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

2 And obeys its Lord and it must.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

2 And attentive to her Lord in fear,

Shakir

3 And when the earth is stretched,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 And when the earth is stretched forth,

Pickthall

3 And when the earth is spread out

Shakir

4 And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

5 And obeys its Lord and it must.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

5 And attentive to her Lord in fear!

Shakir

6 O man! surely you must strive (to attain) to your Lord, a hard striving until you meet Him.

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

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

Shakir

7 Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

7 Then whoso is given his account in his right hand

Shakir

8 He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 He surely will receive an easy reckoning,

Pickthall

8 He truly will receive an easy reckoning

Shakir

9 And he shall go back to his people joyful.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 And will return to his family in joy!

Pickthall

9 And will return unto his folk in joy.

Shakir

10 And as to him who is given his book behind his back,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

10 But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,

Pickthall

10 But whoso is given his account behind his back,

Shakir

11 He shall call for perdition,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 He will invoke (for his) destruction,

Pickthall

11 He surely will invoke destruction

Shakir

12 And enter into burning fire.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

12 And be thrown to scorching fire.

Shakir

13 Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 Verily, he was among his people in joy!

Pickthall

13 He verily lived joyous with his folk,

Shakir

14 Surely he thought that he would never return.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

15 Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

16 But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;

Pickthall

16 Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,

Shakir

17 And the night and that which it drives on,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

17 And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,

Shakir

18 And the moon when it grows full,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

19 That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

19 That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.

Shakir

20 But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

20 What aileth them, then, that they believe not

Shakir

21 And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

22 Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.

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

22 Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;

Shakir

23 And Allah knows best what they hide,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

23 And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.

Shakir

24 So announce to them a painful punishment~

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

24 So announce to them a painful torment.

Pickthall

24 So give them tidings of a painful doom,

Shakir

25 Except those who believe and do good; for them is a reward that shall never be cut off.

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).

Pickthall

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