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Yusuf Ali |
Pickthal |
Shakir |
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When the sky is rent asunder, |
When the heaven is split asunder |
When the heaven bursts asunder, |
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And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, and it must needs (do so);- |
And attentive to her Lord in fear, |
And obeys its Lord and it must. |
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And when the earth is flattened out, |
And when the earth is spread out |
And when the earth is stretched, |
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And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) empty, |
And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty |
And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty, |
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And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord,- and it must needs (do so);- (then will come Home the full reality). |
And attentive to her Lord in fear! |
And obeys its Lord and it must. |
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O thou man! Verily thou art ever toiling on towards thy Lord- painfully toiling,- but thou shalt meet Him. |
Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence). |
O man! surely you must strive (to attain) to your Lord, a hard striving until you meet Him. |
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Then he who is given his Record in his right hand, |
Then whoso is given his account in his right hand |
Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand, |
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Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning, |
He truly will receive an easy reckoning |
He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning, |
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And he will turn to his people, rejoicing! |
And will return unto his folk in joy. |
And he shall go back to his people joyful. |
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But he who is given his Record behind his back,- |
But whoso is given his account behind his back, |
And as to him who is given his book behind his back, |
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Soon will he cry for perdition, |
He surely will invoke destruction |
He shall call for perdition, |
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And he will enter a Blazing Fire. |
And be thrown to scorching fire. |
And enter into burning fire. |
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Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing! |
He verily lived joyous with his folk, |
Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers. |
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Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)! |
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah). |
Surely he thought that he would never return. |
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Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of him! |
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him! |
Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him. |
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So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset; |
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset, |
But nay! I swear by the sunset redness, |
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The Night and its Homing; |
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth, |
And the night and that which it drives on, |
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And the Moon in her fullness: |
And by the moon when she is at the full, |
And the moon when it grows full, |
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Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage. |
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane. |
That you shall most certainly enter one state after another. |
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What then is the matter with them, that they believe not?- |
What aileth them, then, that they believe not |
But what is the matter with them that they do not believe, |
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And when the Qur'an is read to them, they fall not prostrate, |
And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah)? |
And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance? |
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But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it). |
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny; |
Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth. |
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But Allah has full knowledge of what they secrete (in their breasts) |
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding. |
And Allah knows best what they hide, |
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So announce to them a Penalty Grievous, |
So give them tidings of a painful doom, |
So announce to them a painful punishment~ |
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Except to those who believe and work righteous deeds: For them is a Reward that will never fail. |
Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing. |
Except those who believe and do good; for them is a reward that shall never be cut off. |
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