Quran Transliteration

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Muhsin Khan

In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.

Pickthall In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

Muhsin Khan I swear by this city (Makkah);

Pickthall Nay, I swear by this city -

Muhsin Khan And you are free (from sin, to punish the enemies of Islam on the Day of the conquest) in this city (Makkah).

Pickthall And thou art an indweller of this city -

Muhsin Khan And by the begetter (i.e. Adam ) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny);

Pickthall And the begetter and that which he begat,

Muhsin Khan Verily, We have created man in toil.

Pickthall We verily have created man in an atmosphere:

Muhsin Khan Thinks he that none can overcome him?

Pickthall Thinketh he that none hath power over him?

Muhsin Khan He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"

Pickthall And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:

Muhsin Khan Thinks he that none sees him?

Pickthall Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?

Muhsin Khan Have We not made for him a pair of eyes?

Pickthall Did We not assign unto him two eyes

Muhsin Khan And a tongue and a pair of lips?

Pickthall And a tongue and two lips,

Muhsin Khan And shown him the two ways (good and evil)?

Pickthall And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways?

Muhsin Khan But he has made no effort to pass on the path that is steep.

Pickthall But he hath not attempted the Ascent -

Muhsin Khan And what will make you know the path that is steep?

Pickthall Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -

Muhsin Khan (It is) Freeing a neck (slave, etc.)

Pickthall (It is) to free a slave,

Muhsin Khan Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),

Pickthall And to feed in the day of hunger.

Muhsin Khan To an orphan near of kin.

Pickthall An orphan near of kin,

Muhsin Khan Or to a Miskin (poor) afflicted with misery.

Pickthall Or some poor wretch in misery,

Muhsin Khan Then he became one of those who believed, and recommended one another to perseverance and patience, and (also) recommended one another to pity and compassion.

Pickthall And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity.

Muhsin Khan They are those on the Right Hand (the dwellers of Paradise),

Pickthall Their place will be on the right hand.

Muhsin Khan But those who disbelieved in Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), they are those on the Left Hand (the dwellers of Hell).

Pickthall But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.

Muhsin Khan The Fire will be shut over them (i.e. they will be enveloped by the Fire without any opening or window or outlet.

Pickthall Fire will be an awning over them.