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Surah Al-Inshiqaq الإنشقاق
The Sundering. 25 ayahs. Revealed in Makkah.
When the heaven is split asunder, Read Surah Al-Inshiqaq (The Sundering), 25 ayahs. Arabic, translation, word-by-word meanings and recitation.
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84:1
إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتۡ ١
When the heaven is split asunder,
84:2
وَأَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡ ٢
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
84:3
وَإِذَا ٱلۡأَرۡضُ مُدَّتۡ ٣
And when the earth is stretched forth,
84:4
وَأَلۡقَتۡ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتۡ ٤
And has cast out all that was in it and became empty.
84:5
وَأَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡ ٥
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
84:6
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدۡحٗا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ ٦
O man! Verily, you are returning towards your Lord with your deeds and actions (good or bad), a sure returning, and you will meet (the results of your deeds which you did).
84:7
فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ ٧
Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand,
84:8
فَسَوۡفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابٗا يَسِيرٗا ٨
He surely will receive an easy reckoning,
84:9
وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورٗا ٩
And will return to his family in joy!
84:10
وَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهۡرِهِۦ ١٠
But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,
84:11
فَسَوۡفَ يَدۡعُواْ ثُبُورٗا ١١
He will invoke (for his) destruction,
84:12
وَيَصۡلَىٰ سَعِيرًا ١٢
And he shall enter a blazing Fire, and be made to taste its burning.
84:13
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِيٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورًا ١٣
Verily, he was among his people in joy!
84:14
إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ ١٤
Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to Us)!
84:15
بَلَىٰٓۚ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرٗا ١٥
Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!
84:16
فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ ١٦
So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;
84:17
وَٱلَّيۡلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ ١٧
And by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness,
84:18
وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ ١٨
And by the moon when it is at the full.
84:19
لَتَرۡكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٖ ١٩
You shall certainly travel from stage to stage (in this life and in the Hereafter).
84:20
فَمَا لَهُمۡ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٢٠
What is the matter with them, that they believe not?
84:21
وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ لَا يَسۡجُدُونَۤ۩ ٢١
And when the Qur’ân is recited to them, they fall not prostrate.
84:22
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ يُكَذِّبُونَ ٢٢
Nay, those who disbelieve belie (Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and whatever he brought, i.e. this Qur’ân and Islâmic Monotheism, etc.).
84:23
وَٱللَّهُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ ٢٣
And Allâh knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds),
84:24
فَبَشِّرۡهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ ٢٤
So announce to them a painful torment.
84:25
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمۡ أَجۡرٌ غَيۡرُ مَمۡنُونِۭ ٢٥
Save those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them is a reward that will never come to an end (i.e. Paradise).
Arabic: King Fahd Complex Hafs text. Translation: Hilali and Khan (QuranEnc.com).