Al Inshiqaq

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

Shakir

1 When the heaven bursts asunder,

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

Pickthall

2 And attentive to her Lord in fear,

Shakir

2 And obeys its Lord and it must.

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3 And when the earth has been extended

Pickthall

3 And when the earth is spread out

Shakir

3 And when the earth is stretched,

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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

Shakir

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

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

Pickthall

5 And attentive to her Lord in fear!

Shakir

5 And obeys its Lord and it must.

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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).

Shakir

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

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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

Shakir

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

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8 He will be judged with an easy account

Pickthall

8 He truly will receive an easy reckoning

Shakir

8 He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,

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9 And return to his people in happiness.

Pickthall

9 And will return unto his folk in joy.

Shakir

9 And he shall go back to his people joyful.

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

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10 But whoso is given his account behind his back,

Shakir

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

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11 He will cry out for destruction

Pickthall

11 He surely will invoke destruction

Shakir

11 He shall call for perdition,

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12 And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

Pickthall

12 And be thrown to scorching fire.

Shakir

12 And enter into burning fire.

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

Pickthall

13 He verily lived joyous with his folk,

Shakir

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

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

14 Surely he thought that he would never return.

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

15 Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.

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16 So I swear by the twilight glow

Pickthall

16 Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,

Shakir

16 But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,

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17 And [by] the night and what it envelops

Pickthall

17 And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,

Shakir

17 And the night and that which it drives on,

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18 And [by] the moon when it becomes full

Pickthall

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

Shakir

18 And the moon when it grows full,

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

Pickthall

19 That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.

Shakir

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

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

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20 What aileth them, then, that they believe not

Shakir

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

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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) ?

Shakir

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

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22 But those who have disbelieved deny,

Pickthall

22 Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;

Shakir

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

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

Pickthall

23 And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.

Shakir

23 And Allah knows best what they hide,

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24 So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

Pickthall

24 So give them tidings of a painful doom,

Shakir

24 So announce to them a painful punishment~

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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.

Shakir

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