Al Inshiqaq

Yusuf Ali

1 When the sky is rent asunder,

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

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

Pickthall

2 And attentive to her Lord in fear,

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 is flattened out,

Pickthall

3 And when the earth is spread out

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 And when the earth is stretched forth,

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

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

5 And attentive to her Lord in fear!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

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).

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

7 Then whoso is given his account in his right hand

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

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

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8 He truly will receive an easy reckoning

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 He surely will receive an easy reckoning,

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9 And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!

Pickthall

9 And will return unto his folk in joy.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 And will return to his family in joy!

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

10 But whoso is given his account behind his back,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

10 But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,

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11 Soon will he cry for perdition,

Pickthall

11 He surely will invoke destruction

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 He will invoke (for his) destruction,

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12 And he will enter a Blazing Fire.

Pickthall

12 And be thrown to scorching fire.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

13 He verily lived joyous with his folk,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 Verily, he was among his people in joy!

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

16 Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;

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17 The Night and its Homing;

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17 And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,

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

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18 And the Moon in her fullness:

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

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19 Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.

Pickthall

19 That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

20 What aileth them, then, that they believe not

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

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

Pickthall

22 Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;

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

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23 And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

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24 So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,

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24 So give them tidings of a painful doom,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

24 So announce to them a painful torment.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

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).