Al Infitar

Shakir

1 When the heaven becomes cleft asunder,

Yusuf Ali

1 When the Sky is cleft asunder;

Pickthall

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

Shakir

2 And when the stars become dispersed,

Yusuf Ali

2 When the Stars are scattered;

Pickthall

2 When the planets are dispersed,

Shakir

3 And when the seas are made to flow forth,

Yusuf Ali

3 When the Oceans are suffered to burst forth;

Pickthall

3 When the seas are poured forth,

Shakir

4 And when the graves are laid open,

Yusuf Ali

4 And when the Graves are turned upside down; -

Pickthall

4 And the sepulchres are overturned,

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.

Pickthall

5 A soul will know what it hath sent before (it) and what left behind.

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? -

Pickthall

6 O man! What hath made thee careless concerning thy Lord, the Bountiful,

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;

Pickthall

7 Who created thee, then fashioned, then proportioned thee ?

Shakir

8 Into whatever form He pleased He constituted you.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

8 Into whatsoever form He will, He casteth thee.

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

9 Nay! But ye do reject Right and Judgment!

Pickthall

9 Nay, but ye deny the Judgment.

Shakir

10 And most surely there are keepers over you

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

10 Lo! there are above you guardians,

Shakir

11 Honorable recorders,

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

11 Generous and recording,

Shakir

12 They know what you do.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

12 Who know (all) that ye do.

Shakir

13 Most surely the righteous are in bliss,

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

13 Lo! the righteous verily will be in delight.

Shakir

14 And most surely the wicked are in burning fire,

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

14 And lo! the wicked verily will be in hell;

Shakir

15 They shall enter it on the day of judgment.

Yusuf Ali

15 Which they will enter on the Day of Judgment,

Pickthall

15 They will burn therein on the Day of Judgment,

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.

Pickthall

16 And will not be absent thence.

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?

Pickthall

17 Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment 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?

Pickthall

18 Again, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment 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.

Pickthall

19 A day on which no soul hath power at all for any (other) soul. The (absolute) command on that day is Allah's.