Al Inshiqaq

Saheeh International

1 When the sky has split [open]

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,

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

2 Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

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3 And when the earth has been extended

Transliteration

3 Waitha alardu muddat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 And when the earth is stretched forth,

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

Transliteration

4 Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

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

Transliteration

5 Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

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

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).

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

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,

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8 He will be judged with an easy account

Transliteration

8 Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 He surely will receive an easy reckoning,

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9 And return to his people in happiness.

Transliteration

9 Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 And will return to his family in joy!

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

Transliteration

10 Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

10 But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,

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11 He will cry out for destruction

Transliteration

11 Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 He will invoke (for his) destruction,

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12 And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

Transliteration

12 Wayasla saAAeeran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

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

Transliteration

13 Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 Verily, he was among his people in joy!

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

Transliteration

14 Innahu thanna an lan yahoora

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

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

Transliteration

15 Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

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16 So I swear by the twilight glow

Transliteration

16 Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;

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17 And [by] the night and what it envelops

Transliteration

17 Waallayli wama wasaqa

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

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18 And [by] the moon when it becomes full

Transliteration

18 Waalqamari itha ittasaqa

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

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

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).

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

Transliteration

20 Fama lahum la yuminoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

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

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.

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22 But those who have disbelieved deny,

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.).

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

Transliteration

23 WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

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24 So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

Transliteration

24 Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

24 So announce to them a painful torment.

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

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).