Surah 84 Al-Inshiqaq (THE SUNDERING, SPLITTING OPEN)

Total Verses : 25
Revealed At : MAKKA


Verse:001
Dr. Mohsin : When the heaven is split asunder,
Pickthal : When the heaven is split asunder
Yusuf Ali : When the Sky is rent asunder,


Verse:002
Dr. Mohsin : And listens to and obeys its Lord — and it must do so;
Pickthal : And attentive to her Lord in fear,
Yusuf Ali : And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord--and it must needs (do so)--


Verse:003
Dr. Mohsin : And when the earth is stretched forth,
Pickthal : And when the earth is spread out
Yusuf Ali : And when the Earth is flattened out


Verse:004
Dr. Mohsin : And has cast out all that was in it and became empty,
Pickthal : And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
Yusuf Ali : And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) empty


Verse:005
Dr. Mohsin : And listens to and obeys its Lord, and it must do so;
Pickthal : And attentive to her Lord in fear!
Yusuf Ali : And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord--and it must needs (do so)--(then will come Home the full Reality).


Verse:006
Dr. Mohsin : O man! Verily, you are returning towards your Lord with your deeds and actions (good or bad), a sure returning, and you will meet (i.e. the results of your deeds which you did).
Pickthal : Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence).
Yusuf Ali : O thou man! verily thou art ever toiling on towards the Lord? painfully toiling but thou shalt meet Him.


Verse:007
Dr. Mohsin : Then, as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand,
Pickthal : Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
Yusuf Ali : Then he who is given his Record in his Right hand,


Verse:008
Dr. Mohsin : He surely will receive an easy reckoning,
Pickthal : He truly will receive an easy reckoning
Yusuf Ali : Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,


Verse:009
Dr. Mohsin : And will return to his family in joy!
Pickthal : And will return unto his folk in joy.
Yusuf Ali : And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!


Verse:010
Dr. Mohsin : But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,
Pickthal : But whoso is given his account behind his back,
Yusuf Ali : But he who is given his Record behind his back?


Verse:011
Dr. Mohsin : He will invoke (for his) destruction,
Pickthal : He surely will invoke destruction
Yusuf Ali : Soon will he cry for Perdition,


Verse:012
Dr. Mohsin : And he shall enter a blazing Fire, and be made to taste its burning.
Pickthal : And be thrown to scorching fire.
Yusuf Ali : And he will enter a Blazing Fire.


Verse:013
Dr. Mohsin : Verily, he was among his people in joy!
Pickthal : He verily lived joyous with his folk,
Yusuf Ali : Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing!


Verse:014
Dr. Mohsin : Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to Us)!
Pickthal : He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
Yusuf Ali : Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)!


Verse:015
Dr. Mohsin : Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!
Pickthal : Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
Yusuf Ali : Nay nay! For his Lord was (ever) watchful of him!


Verse:016
Dr. Mohsin : So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;
Pickthal : Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
Yusuf Ali : So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset;


Verse:017
Dr. Mohsin : And by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness;
Pickthal : And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
Yusuf Ali : The Night and its Homing;


Verse:018
Dr. Mohsin : And by the moon when it is at the full,
Pickthal : And by the moon when she is at the full,
Yusuf Ali : And the Moon in her Fullness;


Verse:019
Dr. Mohsin : You shall certainly travel from stage to stage (in this life and in the Hereafter).
Pickthal : That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
Yusuf Ali : Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.


Verse:020
Dr. Mohsin : What is the matter with them, that they believe not?
Pickthal : What aileth them, then, that they believe not
Yusuf Ali : What then is the matter with them, that they believe not??


Verse:021
Dr. Mohsin : And when the Qur'ân is recited to them, they fall not prostrate,
Pickthal : And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah)?
Yusuf Ali : And when the Qur'an is read to them, they fall not prostrate,


Verse:022
Dr. Mohsin : Nay, those who disbelieve, belie (Prophet Muhammad (SAW) and whatever he brought, i.e. this Qur'ân and Islâmic Monotheism, etc.).[]
Pickthal : Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
Yusuf Ali : But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).


Verse:023
Dr. Mohsin : And Allâh knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds),
Pickthal : And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
Yusuf Ali : But Allah has full Knowledge of what they secrete (in their breasts).


Verse:024
Dr. Mohsin : So announce to them a painful torment.
Pickthal : So give them tidings of a painful doom,
Yusuf Ali : So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,


Verse:025
Dr. Mohsin : Save those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them is a reward that will never come to an end (i.e. Paradise).
Pickthal : Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.
Yusuf Ali : Except to those who believe and work righteous deeds: for them is a Reward that will never fail.