Al Inshiqaq

Transliteration

1 Itha alssamao inshaqqat

Saheeh International

1 When the sky has split [open]

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

2 Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

2 And attentive to her Lord in fear,

Transliteration

3 Waitha alardu muddat

Saheeh International

3 And when the earth has been extended

Pickthall

3 And when the earth is spread out

Transliteration

4 Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

5 Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

5 And attentive to her Lord in fear!

Transliteration

6 Ya ayyuha alinsanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

7 Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

7 Then whoso is given his account in his right hand

Transliteration

8 Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran

Saheeh International

8 He will be judged with an easy account

Pickthall

8 He truly will receive an easy reckoning

Transliteration

9 Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran

Saheeh International

9 And return to his people in happiness.

Pickthall

9 And will return unto his folk in joy.

Transliteration

10 Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

10 But whoso is given his account behind his back,

Transliteration

11 Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran

Saheeh International

11 He will cry out for destruction

Pickthall

11 He surely will invoke destruction

Transliteration

12 Wayasla saAAeeran

Saheeh International

12 And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

Pickthall

12 And be thrown to scorching fire.

Transliteration

13 Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

13 He verily lived joyous with his folk,

Transliteration

14 Innahu thanna an lan yahoora

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

15 Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

16 Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi

Saheeh International

16 So I swear by the twilight glow

Pickthall

16 Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,

Transliteration

17 Waallayli wama wasaqa

Saheeh International

17 And [by] the night and what it envelops

Pickthall

17 And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,

Transliteration

18 Waalqamari itha ittasaqa

Saheeh International

18 And [by] the moon when it becomes full

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

19 Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

19 That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.

Transliteration

20 Fama lahum la yuminoona

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

20 What aileth them, then, that they believe not

Transliteration

21 Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

22 Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona

Saheeh International

22 But those who have disbelieved deny,

Pickthall

22 Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;

Transliteration

23 WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

23 And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.

Transliteration

24 Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin

Saheeh International

24 So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

Pickthall

24 So give them tidings of a painful doom,

Transliteration

25 Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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