Translations of the Qur - Yusufali - 84. Sayfa

 

Translations of the Qur'an, Chapter 84:

 

AL-INSHIQAQ (THE SUNDERING, SPLITTING OPEN)

 

Total Verses: 25

Revealed At: MAKKA

Maududi's introduction

 

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In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.

 

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YUSUFALI: When the sky is rent asunder,

PICKTHAL: When the heaven is split asunder

SHAKIR: When the heaven bursts asunder,

 

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

PICKTHAL: And attentive to her Lord in fear,

SHAKIR: And obeys its Lord and it must.

 

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YUSUFALI: And when the earth is flattened out,

PICKTHAL: And when the earth is spread out

SHAKIR: And when the earth is stretched,

 

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

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

SHAKIR: And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,

 

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

PICKTHAL: And attentive to her Lord in fear!

SHAKIR: And obeys its Lord and it must.

 

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

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

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

 

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

PICKTHAL: Then whoso is given his account in his right hand

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

 

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YUSUFALI: Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,

PICKTHAL: He truly will receive an easy reckoning

SHAKIR: He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,

 

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YUSUFALI: And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!

PICKTHAL: And will return unto his folk in joy.

SHAKIR: And he shall go back to his people joyful.

 

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

PICKTHAL: But whoso is given his account behind his back,

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

 

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YUSUFALI: Soon will he cry for perdition,

PICKTHAL: He surely will invoke destruction

SHAKIR: He shall call for perdition,

 

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YUSUFALI: And he will enter a Blazing Fire.

PICKTHAL: And be thrown to scorching fire.

SHAKIR: And enter into burning fire.

 

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

PICKTHAL: He verily lived joyous with his folk,

SHAKIR: Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.

 

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

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

SHAKIR: Surely he thought that he would never return.

 

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

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

SHAKIR: Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.

 

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

PICKTHAL: Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,

SHAKIR: But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,

 

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YUSUFALI: The Night and its Homing;

PICKTHAL: And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,

SHAKIR: And the night and that which it drives on,

 

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YUSUFALI: And the Moon in her fullness:

PICKTHAL: And by the moon when she is at the full,

SHAKIR: And the moon when it grows full,

 

084.019

YUSUFALI: Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.

PICKTHAL: That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.

SHAKIR: That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.

 

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

PICKTHAL: What aileth them, then, that they believe not

SHAKIR: But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,

 

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

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

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

 

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YUSUFALI: But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).

PICKTHAL: Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;

SHAKIR: Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.

 

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

PICKTHAL: And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.

SHAKIR: And Allah knows best what they hide,

 

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YUSUFALI: So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,

PICKTHAL: So give them tidings of a painful doom,

SHAKIR: So announce to them a painful punishment~

 

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

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

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

 

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