Al Infitar

Shakir

1 When the heaven becomes cleft asunder,

Yusuf Ali

1 When the Sky is cleft asunder;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

2 And when the stars become dispersed,

Yusuf Ali

2 When the Stars are scattered;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

2 And when the stars have fallen and scattered.

Shakir

3 And when the seas are made to flow forth,

Yusuf Ali

3 When the Oceans are suffered to burst forth;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 And when the seas are burst forth.

Shakir

4 And when the graves are laid open,

Yusuf Ali

4 And when the Graves are turned upside down; -

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 And when the graves are turned upside down (and bring out their contents)

Shakir

5 Every soul shall know what it has sent before and held back.

Yusuf Ali

5 (Then) shall each soul know what it hath sent forward and (what it hath) kept back.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 (Then) a person will know what he has sent forward and (what he has) left behind (of good or bad deeds).

Shakir

6 O man! what has beguiled you from your Lord, the Gracious one,

Yusuf Ali

6 O man! What has seduced thee from thy Lord Most Beneficent? -

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

6 O man! What has made you careless about your Lord, the Most Generous?

Shakir

7 Who created you, then made you complete, then made you symmetrical?

Yusuf Ali

7 Him Who created thee. Fashioned thee in due proportion, and gave thee a just bias;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 Who created you, fashioned you perfectly, and gave you due proportion.

Shakir

8 Into whatever form He pleased He constituted you.

Yusuf Ali

8 In whatever Form He wills, does He put thee together.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 In whatever form He willed, He put you together.

Shakir

9 Nay! but you give the lie to the judgment day,

Yusuf Ali

9 Nay! But ye do reject Right and Judgment!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 Nay! But you deny Ad-Din (i.e. the Day of Recompense).

Shakir

10 And most surely there are keepers over you

Yusuf Ali

10 But verily over you (are appointed angels) to protect you, -

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

10 But verily, over you (are appointed angels in charge of mankind) to watch you,

Shakir

11 Honorable recorders,

Yusuf Ali

11 Kind and honourable, - Writing down (your deeds):

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 Kiraman (Honourable) Katibin writing down (your deeds),

Shakir

12 They know what you do.

Yusuf Ali

12 They know (and understand) all that ye do.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

12 They know all that you do.

Shakir

13 Most surely the righteous are in bliss,

Yusuf Ali

13 As for the Righteous, they will be in bliss;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 Verily, the Abrar (the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism) will be in Delight (Paradise);

Shakir

14 And most surely the wicked are in burning fire,

Yusuf Ali

14 And the Wicked - they will be in the Fire,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

14 And verily, the Fujjar (the wicked, disbelievers, polytheists, sinners and evil-doers) will be in the blazing Fire (Hell),

Shakir

15 They shall enter it on the day of judgment.

Yusuf Ali

15 Which they will enter on the Day of Judgment,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

15 Therein they will enter, and taste its burning flame on the Day of Recompense,

Shakir

16 And they shall by no means be absent from it.

Yusuf Ali

16 And they will not be able to keep away therefrom.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 And they (Al-Fujjar) will not be absent therefrom.

Shakir

17 And what will make you realize what the day of judgment is?

Yusuf Ali

17 And what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

17 And what will make you know what the Day of Recompense is?

Shakir

18 Again, what will make you realize what the day of judgment is?

Yusuf Ali

18 Again, what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

18 Again, what will make you know what the Day of Recompense is?

Shakir

19 The day on which no soul shall control anything for (another) soul; and the command on that day shall be entirely Allah's.

Yusuf Ali

19 (It will be) the Day when no soul shall have power (to do) aught for another: For the command, that Day, will be (wholly) with Allah.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

19 (It will be) the Day when no person shall have power (to do) anything for another, and the Decision, that Day, will be (wholly) with Allah.