سورة الانشقاق

Surah Al-Inshiqâq 84:16

The Bursting Asunder · Verse 16 of 25

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالشَّفَقِ

Abdul Mannan Omar

Behold! I call to witness the twilight of sunset,

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

So indeed I call to witness the evening twilight,

12 more translations

So I swear by the afterglow of sunset,

I swear by the afterglow of sunset,

So by oath of the late evening’s light.

But nay, I call to witness the sunset redness,

But nay ! I call to witness the glow of sunset,

BUT NAY! I call to witness the sunset's [fleeting] afterglow,

So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;

Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,

I do not need to swear by the sunset,

But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,

I solemnly swear by the rosy dusk.

Oh, I call to witness the rosy afterglow of sunset.