Surah 84 • 25 Verses • Meccan

الإنشقاق

Al-Inshiqaq

The Sundering

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Verse 1 of 25

1

إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ﴿1﴾

When the sky has split [open]

Translation: Sahih International

2

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ﴿2﴾

And has listened [i.e., responded]1 to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]

Translation: Sahih International

3

وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ﴿3﴾

And when the earth has been extended1

Translation: Sahih International

4

وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ﴿4﴾

And has cast out that within it1 and relinquished [it].

Translation: Sahih International

5

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ﴿5﴾

And has listened [i.e., responded] to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -

Translation: Sahih International

6

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَـٰقِيهِ﴿6﴾

O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion1 and will meet it.2

Translation: Sahih International

7

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ﴿7﴾

Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,

Translation: Sahih International

8

فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا﴿8﴾

He will be judged with an easy account

Translation: Sahih International

9

وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا﴿9﴾

And return to his people in happiness.

Translation: Sahih International

10

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ﴿10﴾

But as for he who is given his record behind his back,

Translation: Sahih International

11

فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًا﴿11﴾

He will cry out for destruction

Translation: Sahih International

12

وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا﴿12﴾

And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

Translation: Sahih International

13

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا﴿13﴾

Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;

Translation: Sahih International

14

إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ﴿14﴾

Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allāh].

Translation: Sahih International

15

بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًا﴿15﴾

But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever, of him, Seeing.

Translation: Sahih International

16

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ﴿16﴾

So I swear by the twilight glow

Translation: Sahih International

17

وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ﴿17﴾

And [by] the night and what it envelops

Translation: Sahih International

18

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ﴿18﴾

And [by] the moon when it becomes full

Translation: Sahih International

19

لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ﴿19﴾

[That] you will surely embark upon [i.e., experience] state after state.1

Translation: Sahih International

20

فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ﴿20﴾

So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,

Translation: Sahih International

21

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩﴿21﴾

And when the Qur’ān is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allāh]?

Translation: Sahih International

22

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ﴿22﴾

But those who have disbelieved deny,

Translation: Sahih International

23

وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ﴿23﴾

And Allāh is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.

Translation: Sahih International

24

فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ﴿24﴾

So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

Translation: Sahih International

25

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ﴿25﴾

Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.

Translation: Sahih International

صَدَقَ اللَّهُ الْعَظِيمُ

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