Surah Al-Inshiqaq (سورة Al-Inshiqaq)

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Surah Al-Inshiqaq (Arabic: سورة Al-Inshiqaq, "The Sundering") is the 84 chapter (surah) of the Qur'an, containing 25 verses (ayahs). It is classified as a Meccan Surah, meaning it is historically understood to have been revealed during the Meccan Period (610–622 CE) of the prophecy.

Introduction

Surah Al-Inshiqaq ("The Sundering") is chapter 84 of 114 in the Qur'an. The full Arabic text, English translation and transliteration of all 25 verses are given below, with verse-by-verse Tafsir available on each ayah.

Text and Translation

Verse 84:1

اِذَا السَّمَآءُ انۡشَقَّتۡۙ‏

idhā l-samāu inshaqqat

When the sky has split [open]

Verse 84:2

وَاَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡۙ‏

wa-adhinat lirabbihā waḥuqqat

And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]

Verse 84:3

وَاِذَا الۡاَرۡضُ مُدَّتۡؕ‏

wa-idhā l-arḍu muddat

And when the earth has been extended

Verse 84:4

وَاَلۡقَتۡ مَا فِيۡهَا وَتَخَلَّتۡۙ‏

wa-alqat mā fīhā watakhallat

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

Verse 84:5

وَاَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡؕ‏

wa-adhinat lirabbihā waḥuqqat

And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]

Verse 84:6

يٰ٘اَيُّهَا الۡاِنۡسَانُ اِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ اِلٰي رَبِّكَ كَدۡحًا فَمُلٰقِيۡهِۚ‏

yāayyuhā l-insānu innaka kādiḥun ilā rabbika kadḥan famulāqīhi

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

Verse 84:7

فَاَمَّا مَنۡ اُوۡتِيَ كِتٰبَهٗ بِيَمِيۡنِهٖۙ‏

fa-ammā man ūtiya kitābahu biyamīnihi

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

Verse 84:8

فَسَوۡفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَّسِيۡرًاۙ‏

fasawfa yuḥāsabu ḥisāban yasīran

He will be judged with an easy account

Verse 84:9

وَّيَنۡقَلِبُ اِلٰ٘ي اَهۡلِهٖ مَسۡرُوۡرًاؕ‏

wayanqalibu ilā ahlihi masrūran

And return to his people in happiness

Verse 84:10

وَاَمَّا مَنۡ اُوۡتِيَ كِتٰبَهٗ وَرَآءَ ظَهۡرِهٖۙ‏

wa-ammā man ūtiya kitābahu warāa ẓahrihi

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

Verse 84:11

فَسَوۡفَ يَدۡعُوۡا ثُبُوۡرًاۙ‏

He will cry out for destruction

Verse 84:12

وَّيَصۡلٰي سَعِيۡرًاؕ‏

And [enter to] burn in a Blaze

Verse 84:13

اِنَّهٗ كَانَ فِيۡ٘ اَهۡلِهٖ مَسۡرُوۡرًاؕ‏

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

Verse 84:14

اِنَّهٗ ظَنَّ اَنۡ لَّنۡ يَّحُوۡرَۚۛ‏

Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah]

Verse 84:15

بَلٰ٘يۚۛ اِنَّ رَبَّهٗ كَانَ بِهٖ بَصِيۡرًاؕ‏

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

Verse 84:16

فَلَا٘ اُقۡسِمُ بِالشَّفَقِۙ‏

So I swear by the twilight glow

Verse 84:17

وَالَّيۡلِ وَمَا وَسَقَۙ‏

And [by] the night and what it envelops

Verse 84:18

وَالۡقَمَرِ اِذَا اتَّسَقَۙ‏

And [by] the moon when it becomes full

Verse 84:19

لَتَرۡكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَنۡ طَبَقٍؕ‏

[That] you will surely experience state after state

Verse 84:20

فَمَا لَهُمۡ لَا يُؤۡمِنُوۡنَۙ‏

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

Verse 84:21

وَاِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيۡهِمُ الۡقُرۡاٰنُ لَا يَسۡجُدُوۡنَࣛؕ‏

And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]

Verse 84:22

بَلِ الَّذِيۡنَ كَفَرُوۡا يُكَذِّبُوۡنَؗۖ‏

But those who have disbelieved deny

Verse 84:23

وَاللّٰهُ اَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يُوۡعُوۡنَؗۖ‏

And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves

Verse 84:24

فَبَشِّرۡهُمۡ بِعَذَابٍ اَلِيۡمٍۙ‏

So give them tidings of a painful punishment

Verse 84:25

اِلَّا الَّذِيۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ لَهُمۡ اَجۡرٌ غَيۡرُ مَمۡنُوۡنٍࣖ‏

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