Al Inshiqaq

Yusuf Ali

1 When the sky is rent asunder,

Saheeh International

1 When the sky has split [open]

Shakir

1 When the heaven bursts asunder,

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]

Shakir

2 And obeys its Lord and it must.

Yusuf Ali

3 And when the earth is flattened out,

Saheeh International

3 And when the earth has been extended

Shakir

3 And when the earth is stretched,

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]

Shakir

4 And casts forth what is in it and becomes 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).

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

5 And obeys its Lord and it must.

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.

Shakir

6 O man! surely you must strive (to attain) to your Lord, a hard striving until you meet Him.

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,

Shakir

7 Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand,

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

8 He will be judged with an easy account

Shakir

8 He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,

Yusuf Ali

9 And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!

Saheeh International

9 And return to his people in happiness.

Shakir

9 And he shall go back to his people joyful.

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,

Shakir

10 And as to him who is given his book behind his back,

Yusuf Ali

11 Soon will he cry for perdition,

Saheeh International

11 He will cry out for destruction

Shakir

11 He shall call for perdition,

Yusuf Ali

12 And he will enter a Blazing Fire.

Saheeh International

12 And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

Shakir

12 And enter into burning fire.

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;

Shakir

13 Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.

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].

Shakir

14 Surely he thought that he would never return.

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.

Shakir

15 Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.

Yusuf Ali

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

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16 So I swear by the twilight glow

Shakir

16 But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,

Yusuf Ali

17 The Night and its Homing;

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17 And [by] the night and what it envelops

Shakir

17 And the night and that which it drives on,

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18 And the Moon in her fullness:

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18 And [by] the moon when it becomes full

Shakir

18 And the moon when it grows full,

Yusuf Ali

19 Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

19 That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.

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,

Shakir

20 But 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,

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

21 And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance?

Yusuf Ali

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

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22 But those who have disbelieved deny,

Shakir

22 Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.

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.

Shakir

23 And Allah knows best what they hide,

Yusuf Ali

24 So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,

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24 So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

Shakir

24 So announce to them a painful punishment~

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.

Shakir

25 Except those who believe and do good; for them is a reward that shall never be cut off.