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Al Inshiqaq
Chapter 84, 25 verses
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Yusuf Ali
Shakir
Pickthall
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder,
Yusuf Ali
When the sky is rent asunder,
Shakir
When the heaven bursts asunder,
Pickthall
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
Yusuf Ali
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, and it must needs (do so); -
Shakir
And obeys its Lord and it must.
Pickthall
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And when the earth is stretched forth,
Yusuf Ali
And when the earth is flattened out,
Shakir
And when the earth is stretched,
Pickthall
And when the earth is spread out
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And has cast out all that was in it and became empty.
Yusuf Ali
And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) empty,
Shakir
And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,
Pickthall
And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
Yusuf Ali
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, - and it must needs (do so); - (then will come Home the full reality).
Shakir
And obeys its Lord and it must.
Pickthall
And attentive to her Lord in fear!
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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
O thou man! Verily thou art ever toiling on towards thy Lord - painfully toiling, - but thou shalt meet Him.
Shakir
O man! surely you must strive (to attain) to your Lord, a hard striving until you meet Him.
Pickthall
Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence).
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand,
Yusuf Ali
Then he who is given his Record in his right hand,
Shakir
Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand,
Pickthall
Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
He surely will receive an easy reckoning,
Yusuf Ali
Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,
Shakir
He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,
Pickthall
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And will return to his family in joy!
Yusuf Ali
And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!
Shakir
And he shall go back to his people joyful.
Pickthall
And will return unto his folk in joy.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,
Yusuf Ali
But he who is given his Record behind his back, -
Shakir
And as to him who is given his book behind his back,
Pickthall
But whoso is given his account behind his back,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
He will invoke (for his) destruction,
Yusuf Ali
Soon will he cry for perdition,
Shakir
He shall call for perdition,
Pickthall
He surely will invoke destruction
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And he shall enter a blazing Fire, and be made to taste its burning.
Yusuf Ali
And he will enter a Blazing Fire.
Shakir
And enter into burning fire.
Pickthall
And be thrown to scorching fire.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Verily, he was among his people in joy!
Yusuf Ali
Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing!
Shakir
Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.
Pickthall
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to Us)!
Yusuf Ali
Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)!
Shakir
Surely he thought that he would never return.
Pickthall
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!
Yusuf Ali
Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of him!
Shakir
Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.
Pickthall
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;
Yusuf Ali
So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset;
Shakir
But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,
Pickthall
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness,
Yusuf Ali
The Night and its Homing;
Shakir
And the night and that which it drives on,
Pickthall
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And by the moon when it is at the full.
Yusuf Ali
And the Moon in her fullness:
Shakir
And the moon when it grows full,
Pickthall
And by the moon when she is at the full,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
You shall certainly travel from stage to stage (in this life and in the Hereafter).
Yusuf Ali
Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.
Shakir
That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.
Pickthall
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
What is the matter with them, that they believe not?
Yusuf Ali
What then is the matter with them, that they believe not? -
Shakir
But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,
Pickthall
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they fall not prostrate.
Yusuf Ali
And when the Qur'an is read to them, they fall not prostrate,
Shakir
And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance?
Pickthall
And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah) ?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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
But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).
Shakir
Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.
Pickthall
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And Allah knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds),
Yusuf Ali
But Allah has full knowledge of what they secrete (in their breasts)
Shakir
And Allah knows best what they hide,
Pickthall
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
So announce to them a painful torment.
Yusuf Ali
So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,
Shakir
So announce to them a painful punishment~
Pickthall
So give them tidings of a painful doom,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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
Except to those who believe and work righteous deeds: For them is a Reward that will never fail.
Shakir
Except those who believe and do good; for them is a reward that shall never be cut off.
Pickthall
Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.