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Three translations of the Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side

Ali, Abdullah Yusuf; Pickthall, Marmaduke William; Shakir, M. H. · -610 to -632 (revelation); Qur'an as compiled afterward primary

passage 450 of 866 · Chapter 1: > Chapter 22: (2/14)

in brief
The passage describes the terror of the Hour and Resurrection, when mothers forget nursing and pregnant women miscarry, and people look intoxicated without being drunk.

he knoweth naught. And thou (Muhammad) seest the earth barren, but when We send down water thereon, it doth thrill and swell and put forth every lovely kind (of growth).

S: O people! if you are in doubt about the raising, then surely We created you from dust, then from a small seed, then from a clot, then from a lump of flesh, complete in make and incomplete, that We may make clear to you; and We cause what We please to stay in the wombs till an appointed time, then We bring you forth as babies, then that you may attain your maturity; and of you is he who is caused to die, and of you is he who is brought back to the worst part of life, so that after having knowledge he does not know anything; and you see the earth sterile land, but when We send down on it the water, it stirs and swells and brings forth of every kind a beautiful herbage.

022.006 Y: This is so, because Allah is the Reality: it is He Who gives life to the dead, and it is He Who has power over all things.

P: That is because Allah, He is the Truth and because He quickeneth the dead, and because He is Able to do all things;

S: This is because Allah is the Truth and because He gives life to the dead and because He has power over all things,

022.007 Y: And verily the Hour will come: there can be no doubt about it, or about (the fact) that Allah will raise up all who are in the graves.

P: And because the Hour will come, there is no doubt thereof; and because Allah will raise those who are in the graves.

S: And because the hour is coming, there is no doubt about it; and because Allah shall raise up those who are in the graves.

022.008 Y: Yet there is among men such a one as disputes about Allah, without Knowledge, without Guidance, and without a Book of Enlightenment,-

P: And among mankind is he who disputeth concerning Allah without knowledge or guidance or a scripture giving light,

S: And among men there is he who disputes about Allah without knowledge and without guidance and without an illuminating book,

022.009 Y: (Disdainfully) bending his side, in order to lead (men) astray from the Path of Allah: for him there is disgrace in this life, and on the Day of Judgment We shall make him taste the Penalty of burning (Fire).

P: Turning away in pride to beguile (men) from the way of Allah. For him in this world is ignominy, and on the Day of Resurrection We make him taste the doom of burning.

S: Turning away haughtily that he may lead (others) astray from the way of Allah; for him is disgrace in this world, and on the day of resurrection We will make him taste the punishment of burning:

022.010 Y: (It will be said): "This is because of the deeds which thy hands sent forth, for verily Allah is not unjust to His servants."

P: (And unto him it will be said): This is for that which thy two hands have sent before, and because Allah is no oppressor of His slaves.

S: This is due to what your two hands have sent before, and because Allah is not in the least unjust to the servants.

022.011 Y: There are among men some who serve Allah, as it were, on the verge: if good befalls them, they are, therewith, well content; but if a trial comes to them, they turn on their faces: they lose both this world and the Hereafter: that is loss for all to see!

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topics: funeral rites and burial · judgment, heaven, and hell · the fear of death

Three translations of the Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side · Ali, Abdullah Yusuf; Pickthall, Marmaduke William; Shakir, M. H. · 610–632 BCE