Kitab

Al Inshiqaq

Chapter 84, 25 verses

  • Yusuf Ali
  • Pickthall
  • Transliteration
  • Arabic, with marks
Yusuf Ali

When the sky is rent asunder,

Pickthall

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder

Transliteration

Itha alssamao inshaqqat

Arabic, with marks

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انشَقَّتْ

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

And attentive to her Lord in fear,

Transliteration

Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

Arabic, with marks

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

Yusuf Ali

And when the earth is flattened out,

Pickthall

And when the earth is spread out

Transliteration

Waitha alardu muddat

Arabic, with marks

وَإِذَا الْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty

Transliteration

Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat

Arabic, with marks

وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

And attentive to her Lord in fear!

Transliteration

Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

Arabic, with marks

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence).

Transliteration

Ya ayyuha alinsanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi

Arabic, with marks

يَا أَيُّهَا الْإِنسَانُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَاقِيهِ

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

Then whoso is given his account in his right hand

Transliteration

Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi

Arabic, with marks

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ

Yusuf Ali

Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,

Pickthall

He truly will receive an easy reckoning

Transliteration

Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran

Arabic, with marks

فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا

Yusuf Ali

And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!

Pickthall

And will return unto his folk in joy.

Transliteration

Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran

Arabic, with marks

وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

But whoso is given his account behind his back,

Transliteration

Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi

Arabic, with marks

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ وَرَاءَ ظَهْرِهِ

Yusuf Ali

Soon will he cry for perdition,

Pickthall

He surely will invoke destruction

Transliteration

Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran

Arabic, with marks

فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُو ثُبُورًا

Yusuf Ali

And he will enter a Blazing Fire.

Pickthall

And be thrown to scorching fire.

Transliteration

Wayasla saAAeeran

Arabic, with marks

وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

He verily lived joyous with his folk,

Transliteration

Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran

Arabic, with marks

إِنَّهُ كَانَ فِي أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

Innahu thanna an lan yahoora

Arabic, with marks

إِنَّهُ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran

Arabic, with marks

بَلَىٰ إِنَّ رَبَّهُ كَانَ بِهِ بَصِيرًا

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,

Transliteration

Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi

Arabic, with marks

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالشَّفَقِ

Yusuf Ali

The Night and its Homing;

Pickthall

And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,

Transliteration

Waallayli wama wasaqa

Arabic, with marks

وَاللَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ

Yusuf Ali

And the Moon in her fullness:

Pickthall

And by the moon when she is at the full,

Transliteration

Waalqamari itha ittasaqa

Arabic, with marks

وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا اتَّسَقَ

Yusuf Ali

Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.

Pickthall

That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.

Transliteration

Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin

Arabic, with marks

لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

What aileth them, then, that they believe not

Transliteration

Fama lahum la yuminoona

Arabic, with marks

فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah) ?

Transliteration

Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona

Arabic, with marks

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقُرْآنُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩

Yusuf Ali

But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).

Pickthall

Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;

Transliteration

Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona

Arabic, with marks

بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يُكَذِّبُونَ

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.

Transliteration

WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona

Arabic, with marks

وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ

Yusuf Ali

So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,

Pickthall

So give them tidings of a painful doom,

Transliteration

Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin

Arabic, with marks

فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.

Transliteration

Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin

Arabic, with marks

إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ

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