Al Inshiqaq

Yusuf Ali

1 When the sky is rent asunder,

Saheeh International

1 When the sky has split [open]

Transliteration

1 Itha alssamao inshaqqat

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

2 Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

Yusuf Ali

3 And when the earth is flattened out,

Saheeh International

3 And when the earth has been extended

Transliteration

3 Waitha alardu muddat

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

4 Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

5 Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

6 Ya ayyuha alinsanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

7 Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

8 He will be judged with an easy account

Transliteration

8 Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran

Yusuf Ali

9 And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!

Saheeh International

9 And return to his people in happiness.

Transliteration

9 Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

10 Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi

Yusuf Ali

11 Soon will he cry for perdition,

Saheeh International

11 He will cry out for destruction

Transliteration

11 Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran

Yusuf Ali

12 And he will enter a Blazing Fire.

Saheeh International

12 And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

Transliteration

12 Wayasla saAAeeran

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

13 Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

14 Innahu thanna an lan yahoora

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

15 Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

16 So I swear by the twilight glow

Transliteration

16 Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi

Yusuf Ali

17 The Night and its Homing;

Saheeh International

17 And [by] the night and what it envelops

Transliteration

17 Waallayli wama wasaqa

Yusuf Ali

18 And the Moon in her fullness:

Saheeh International

18 And [by] the moon when it becomes full

Transliteration

18 Waalqamari itha ittasaqa

Yusuf Ali

19 Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

19 Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

20 Fama lahum la yuminoona

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

21 Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

22 But those who have disbelieved deny,

Transliteration

22 Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

23 WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona

Yusuf Ali

24 So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,

Saheeh International

24 So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

Transliteration

24 Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

25 Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin