Al Inshiqaq

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

1 When the heaven bursts asunder,

Yusuf Ali

1 When the sky is rent asunder,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

2 And obeys its Lord and it must.

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 And when the earth is stretched forth,

Shakir

3 And when the earth is stretched,

Yusuf Ali

3 And when the earth is flattened out,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

5 And obeys its Lord and it must.

Yusuf Ali

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

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).

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 He surely will receive an easy reckoning,

Shakir

8 He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 And will return to his family in joy!

Shakir

9 And he shall go back to his people joyful.

Yusuf Ali

9 And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

10 But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 He will invoke (for his) destruction,

Shakir

11 He shall call for perdition,

Yusuf Ali

11 Soon will he cry for perdition,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

12 And enter into burning fire.

Yusuf Ali

12 And he will enter a Blazing Fire.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 Verily, he was among his people in joy!

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

14 Surely he thought that he would never return.

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

15 Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;

Shakir

16 But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

17 And the night and that which it drives on,

Yusuf Ali

17 The Night and its Homing;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

18 And the moon when it grows full,

Yusuf Ali

18 And the Moon in her fullness:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

19 Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

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.).

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

23 And Allah knows best what they hide,

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

24 So announce to them a painful torment.

Shakir

24 So announce to them a painful punishment~

Yusuf Ali

24 So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,

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).

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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