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Surah Al-Inshiqaaq

سورة الإنشقاق

The Splitting Open

Surah 84 · 25 Ayahs

What Is Surah Al-Inshiqaaq?

Surah Al-Inshiqaaq is Surah 84 of the Quran. It contains 25 ayahs and was revealed in Makkah.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

  1. 1

    Ayah 1

    إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ

    Meaning

    When the sky will split apart,

  2. 2

    Ayah 2

    وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

    Meaning

    and will listen to (the command of) its Lord,- and it ought to,-

  3. 3

    Ayah 3

    وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ

    Meaning

    and when the earth will be stretched (to give room to more people),

  4. 4

    Ayah 4

    وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ

    Meaning

    and it will throw up whatever it contains, and will become empty,

  5. 5

    Ayah 5

    وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

    Meaning

    and will listen to (the command of) its Lord,- and it ought to,- (then man will see the consequences of his deeds.)

  6. 6

    Ayah 6

    يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَـٰقِيهِ

    Meaning

    O man, you have to work hard constantly to reach your Lord, and then you have to meet Him.

  7. 7

    Ayah 7

    فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ

    Meaning

    So, as for him whose book (of deeds) will be given to him in his right hand,

  8. 8

    Ayah 8

    فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا

    Meaning

    he will be called to account in an easy manner,

  9. 9

    Ayah 9

    وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا

    Meaning

    and he will go back to his people joyfully.

  10. 10

    Ayah 10

    وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ

    Meaning

    As for the one whose book (of deeds) will be given to him from his backside,

  11. 11

    Ayah 11

    فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًا

    Meaning

    he will pray for death,

  12. 12

    Ayah 12

    وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا

    Meaning

    and will enter the blazing fire.

  13. 13

    Ayah 13

    إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا

    Meaning

    He had been joyful among his people (in the world).

  14. 14

    Ayah 14

    إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ

    Meaning

    He thought he would never revert (to Allah).

  15. 15

    Ayah 15

    بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًا

    Meaning

    No! Indeed his Lord was watchful over him.

  16. 16

    Ayah 16

    فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ

    Meaning

    So, I swear by the twilight (after sunset),

  17. 17

    Ayah 17

    وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ

    Meaning

    and by the night and what it envelops,

  18. 18

    Ayah 18

    وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ

    Meaning

    and by the moon when it develops at the full,

  19. 19

    Ayah 19

    لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ

    Meaning

    you shall certainly ascend from stage to stage.

  20. 20

    Ayah 20

    فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

    Meaning

    So, what is wrong with them that they do not believe,

  21. 21

    Ayah 21

    وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩

    Meaning

    and when the Qur’ān is recited to them, they do not offer sajdah (prostration)?

  22. 22

    Ayah 22

    بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ

    Meaning

    Rather, those who disbelieve deny (the truth).

  23. 23

    Ayah 23

    وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ

    Meaning

    And Allah is most aware of what they store.

  24. 24

    Ayah 24

    فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

    Meaning

    So, give him the ‘good news’ of a painful punishment,

  25. 25

    Ayah 25

    إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ

    Meaning

    but those who believed and did righteous deeds will have a reward that will never be interrupted.

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