| y_ali | asad | literal | tlt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. * | When the sky is rent asunder, | WHEN THE SKY is split asunder,* | When/if the sky/space split/cracked. | swr+ alan$qaq bsm allh alrHmn alrHym ? aXa alsma' an$qt | |||
| 2. * | And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, and it must needs (do so);- | obeying its Sustainer, as in truth it must; | And listened/heard (obeyed) to its Lord, and became certain/fact/deserved. | waXnt lrbha wHqt | |||
| 3. * | And when the earth is flattened out, | and when the earth is leveled,* | And when/if the earth/Planet Earth was extended/spread. | waXa alarD mdt | |||
| 4. * | And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) empty, | and casts forth whatever is in it, and becomes utterly void,* | And it threw what (is) in it, and became free. | walqt mafyha wtKlt | |||
| 5. * | And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord,- and it must needs (do so);- (then will come Home the full reality). | obeying its Sustainer, as in truth it must -: | And listened/heard (obeyed) to its Lord and became certain/fact/deserved. | waXnt lrbha wHqt | |||
| 6. * | O thou man! Verily thou art ever toiling on towards thy Lord- painfully toiling,- but thou shalt meet Him. | [then,] O man - thou [that] hast, verily, been toiling towards thy Sustainer in painful toil* - then shalt thou meet Him! | You, you the human/mankind, that you truly are exerting/labouring/toiling to your Lord exertion/labour/toil, so you (are) receiving/meeting Him. | yaayha alansan ank kadH ali rbk kdHa fmlaqyh | |||
| 7. * | Then he who is given his Record in his right hand, | And as for him whose record shall be placed in his right hand,* | So but who was given/brought his Book/judgment with his right (hand). | fama mn awty ktabh bymynh | |||
| 8. * | Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning, | he will in time be called to account with an easy accounting, | So he will be counted/calculated (with an) easy account/calculation. | fswf yHasb Hsaba ysyra | |||
| 9. * | And he will turn to his people, rejoicing! | and will [be able to] turn joyfully to those of his own kind.* | And he returns to his family/people delighted/happy. | wynqlb ali ahlh msrwra | |||
| 10. * | But he who is given his Record behind his back,- | But as for him whose record shall be given to him behind his back;* | And but who was given/brought his Book/judgment behind his back. | wama mn awty ktabh wra' Zhrh | |||
| 11. * | Soon will he cry for perdition, | he will in time pray for utter destruction: | So he will call (for) destruction and grief. | fswf yd`w xbwra | |||
| 12. * | And he will enter a Blazing Fire. | but he will enter the blazing flame. | And he suffers/burns blazing/inflaming (punishment). | wySli s`yra | |||
| 13. * | Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing! | Behold, [in his earthly life] he lived joyfully among people of his own kind* - | That he truly was in his family/people delighted/happy. | anh kan fy ahlh msrwra | |||
| 14. * | Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)! | for, behold, he never thought that he would have to return [to God]. | That he truly thought/assumed that (E) he will never/not return. | anh Zn an ln yHwr | |||
| 15. * | Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of him! | Yea indeed! His Sustainer did see all that was in him! | Yes/certainly, that truly his Lord was seeing/knowing with (of) him. | bli an rbh kan bh bSyra | |||
| 16. * | So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset; | BUT NAY! I call to witness the sunset's [fleeting] afterglow, | So I do not swear/make oath with the twilight. | fla aqsm bal$fq | |||
| 17. * | The Night and its Homing; | and the night, and what it [step by step] unfolds, | And the night, and what carried/gathered/loaded. | wallyl wmawsq | |||
| 18. * | And the Moon in her fullness: | and the moon, as it grows to its fullness:* | And the moon when/if it organized/evened/gathered. | walqmr aXa atsq | |||
| 19. * | Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage. | [even thus, O men,] are you bound to move; onward from stage to stage.* | You will ride/embark (E) a stage/layer/cover from/of/on a stage/layer/cover (they move from one state to another i.e. birth to death). | ltrkbn Tbqa `n Tbq | |||
| 20. * | What then is the matter with them, that they believe not?- | What, then, is amiss with them that they will not believe [in a life to come]?* - | So why (is it) for them, they do not believe? | fmalhm layWmnwn | |||
| 21. * | And when the Qur'an is read to them, they fall not prostrate, | and [that], when the Qur'an is read unto them, they do not fall down in prostration?* | And when/if the Koran is read on them they, they do not prostrate? | waXa qrY `lyhm alqran laysjdwn | |||
| 22. * | But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it). | Nay, but they who are bent on denying the truth give the lie [to this divine writ]! | But those who disbelieved they lie/deny/falsify. | bl alXyn kfrwa ykXbwn | |||
| 23. * | But Allah has full knowledge of what they secrete (in their breasts) | Yet God has full knowledge of what they conceal [in their hearts].* | And God (is) more knowing with what they comprehend/perceive/accept. | wallh a`lm bma yw`wn | |||
| 24. * | So announce to them a Penalty Grievous, | Hence, give them the tiding of grievous suffering [in the life to come] - | So announce good news to them with (of) a painful torture. | fb$rhm b`Xab alym | |||
| 25. * | Except to those who believe and work righteous deeds: For them is a Reward that will never fail. | unless it be such [of them] as [repent, and] attain to faith, and do good works: for theirs shall be a reward unending! | Except those who believed and made/did the correct/righteous deeds, for them (is) a reward not obligated/interrupted | ala alXyn amnwa w`mlwa alSalHat lhm ajr Gyr mmnwn | |||