Al-Inshiqaaq

Sahih International

When the sky has split [open]

Yusuf Ali

When the sky is rent asunder,

Pickthall

When the heaven is split asunder

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

And attentive to her Lord in fear,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

Sahih International

And when the earth has been extended

Yusuf Ali

And when the earth is flattened out,

Pickthall

And when the earth is spread out

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَإِذَا الْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

And attentive to her Lord in fear!

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

يَا أَيُّهَا الْإِنْسَانُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَاقِيهِ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

Then whoso is given his account in his right hand

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ

Sahih International

He will be judged with an easy account

Yusuf Ali

Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,

Pickthall

He truly will receive an easy reckoning

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا

Sahih International

And return to his people in happiness.

Yusuf Ali

And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!

Pickthall

And will return unto his folk in joy.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَيَنْقَلِبُ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

But whoso is given his account behind his back,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ وَرَاءَ ظَهْرِهِ

Sahih International

He will cry out for destruction

Yusuf Ali

Soon will he cry for perdition,

Pickthall

He surely will invoke destruction

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُو ثُبُورًا

Sahih International

And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

Yusuf Ali

And he will enter a Blazing Fire.

Pickthall

And be thrown to scorching fire.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

He verily lived joyous with his folk,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

إِنَّهُ كَانَ فِي أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

إِنَّهُ ظَنَّ أَنْ لَنْ يَحُورَ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

بَلَىٰ إِنَّ رَبَّهُ كَانَ بِهِ بَصِيرًا

Sahih International

So I swear by the twilight glow

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالشَّفَقِ

Sahih International

And [by] the night and what it envelops

Yusuf Ali

The Night and its Homing;

Pickthall

And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَاللَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ

Sahih International

And [by] the moon when it becomes full

Yusuf Ali

And the Moon in her fullness:

Pickthall

And by the moon when she is at the full,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا اتَّسَقَ

Sahih International

[That] you will surely experience state after state.

Yusuf Ali

Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.

Pickthall

That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَنْ طَبَقٍ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

What aileth them, then, that they believe not

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقُرْآنُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩

Sahih International

But those who have disbelieved deny,

Yusuf Ali

But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).

Pickthall

Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يُكَذِّبُونَ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ

Sahih International

So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

Yusuf Ali

So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,

Pickthall

So give them tidings of a painful doom,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

فَبَشِّرْهُمْ بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ