Al Inshiqaq

Yusuf Ali

1 When the sky is rent asunder,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

2 And attentive to her Lord in fear,

Yusuf Ali

3 And when the earth is flattened out,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 And when the earth is stretched forth,

Pickthall

3 And when the earth is spread out

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

5 And attentive to her Lord in fear!

Yusuf Ali

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

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).

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

7 Then whoso is given his account in his right hand

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 He surely will receive an easy reckoning,

Pickthall

8 He truly will receive an easy reckoning

Yusuf Ali

9 And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 And will return to his family in joy!

Pickthall

9 And will return unto his folk in joy.

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

10 But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,

Pickthall

10 But whoso is given his account behind his back,

Yusuf Ali

11 Soon will he cry for perdition,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 He will invoke (for his) destruction,

Pickthall

11 He surely will invoke destruction

Yusuf Ali

12 And he will enter a Blazing Fire.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

12 And be thrown to scorching fire.

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 Verily, he was among his people in joy!

Pickthall

13 He verily lived joyous with his folk,

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;

Pickthall

16 Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,

Yusuf Ali

17 The Night and its Homing;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

17 And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,

Yusuf Ali

18 And the Moon in her fullness:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

19 Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

19 That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

20 What aileth them, then, that they believe not

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

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.).

Pickthall

22 Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

23 And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.

Yusuf Ali

24 So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

24 So announce to them a painful torment.

Pickthall

24 So give them tidings of a painful doom,

Yusuf Ali

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

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).

Pickthall

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