Al Inshiqaq

Yusuf Ali

1 When the sky is rent asunder,

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

1 When the sky has split [open]

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

2 Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

3 And when the earth is flattened out,

Transliteration

3 Waitha alardu muddat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 And when the earth is stretched forth,

Saheeh International

3 And when the earth has been extended

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

4 Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

5 Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

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).

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

7 Then 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,

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

8 Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 He surely will receive an easy reckoning,

Saheeh International

8 He will be judged with an easy account

Yusuf Ali

9 And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!

Transliteration

9 Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 And will return to his family in joy!

Saheeh International

9 And return to his people in happiness.

Yusuf Ali

10 But 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,

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

11 Soon will he cry for perdition,

Transliteration

11 Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 He will invoke (for his) destruction,

Saheeh International

11 He will cry out for destruction

Yusuf Ali

12 And he will enter a Blazing Fire.

Transliteration

12 Wayasla saAAeeran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

12 And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

13 Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 Verily, he was among his people in joy!

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

14 Innahu thanna an lan yahoora

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

15 Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

16 Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;

Saheeh International

16 So I swear by the twilight glow

Yusuf Ali

17 The Night and its Homing;

Transliteration

17 Waallayli wama wasaqa

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

17 And [by] the night and what it envelops

Yusuf Ali

18 And the Moon in her fullness:

Transliteration

18 Waalqamari itha ittasaqa

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

18 And [by] the moon when it becomes full

Yusuf Ali

19 Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.

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).

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

20 Fama lahum la yuminoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

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.

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

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.).

Saheeh International

22 But those who have disbelieved deny,

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

23 WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

24 So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,

Transliteration

24 Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

24 So announce to them a painful torment.

Saheeh International

24 So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

Yusuf Ali

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

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).

Saheeh International

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