Al Inshiqaq

Transliteration

1 Itha alssamao inshaqqat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

1 When the sky is rent asunder,

Transliteration

2 Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

2 And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, and it must needs (do so); -

Transliteration

3 Waitha alardu muddat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 And when the earth is stretched forth,

Yusuf Ali

3 And when the earth is flattened out,

Transliteration

4 Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

4 And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) empty,

Transliteration

5 Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

5 And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, - and it must needs (do so); - (then will come Home the full reality).

Transliteration

6 Ya ayyuha alinsanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi

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).

Yusuf Ali

6 O thou man! Verily thou art ever toiling on towards thy Lord - painfully toiling, - but thou shalt meet Him.

Transliteration

7 Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

7 Then he who is given his Record in his right hand,

Transliteration

8 Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 He surely will receive an easy reckoning,

Yusuf Ali

8 Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,

Transliteration

9 Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 And will return to his family in joy!

Yusuf Ali

9 And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!

Transliteration

10 Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

10 But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,

Yusuf Ali

10 But he who is given his Record behind his back, -

Transliteration

11 Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 He will invoke (for his) destruction,

Yusuf Ali

11 Soon will he cry for perdition,

Transliteration

12 Wayasla saAAeeran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

12 And he will enter a Blazing Fire.

Transliteration

13 Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 Verily, he was among his people in joy!

Yusuf Ali

13 Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing!

Transliteration

14 Innahu thanna an lan yahoora

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

14 Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)!

Transliteration

15 Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

15 Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of him!

Transliteration

16 Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;

Yusuf Ali

16 So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset;

Transliteration

17 Waallayli wama wasaqa

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

17 The Night and its Homing;

Transliteration

18 Waalqamari itha ittasaqa

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

18 And the Moon in her fullness:

Transliteration

19 Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

19 Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.

Transliteration

20 Fama lahum la yuminoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

21 Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

22 Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona

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.).

Yusuf Ali

22 But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).

Transliteration

23 WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

23 But Allah has full knowledge of what they secrete (in their breasts)

Transliteration

24 Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

24 So announce to them a painful torment.

Yusuf Ali

24 So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,

Transliteration

25 Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin

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).

Yusuf Ali

25 Except to those who believe and work righteous deeds: For them is a Reward that will never fail.