Surah Al-Inshiqaq سُورَةُ الانشِقَاقِ
Surah Al-Inshiqaq (سُورَةُ الانشِقَاقِ), "The Splitting Open", is chapter 84 of the Quran's 114. It has 25 ayahs, is classified as Makki (revealed in Makkah), and appears in Juz 30 of the standard thirty-part division. Read it below with the Arabic text, the Sahih International English translation, word-by-word meanings and ayah-by-ayah recitation from your chosen reciter.
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ
84:1When the sky has split [open]
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
84:2And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ
84:3And when the earth has been extended
وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ
84:4And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
84:5And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًۭا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ
84:6O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ
84:7Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,
فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًۭا يَسِيرًۭا
84:8He will be judged with an easy account
وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًۭا
84:9And return to his people in happiness.
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ
84:10But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًۭا
84:11He will cry out for destruction
وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا
84:12And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا
84:13Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ
84:14Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًۭا
84:15But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ
84:16So I swear by the twilight glow
وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ
84:17And [by] the night and what it envelops
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ
84:18And [by] the moon when it becomes full
لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍۢ
84:19[That] you will surely experience state after state.
فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
84:20So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,
وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩
84:21And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?
Sajdahبَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ
84:22But those who have disbelieved deny,
وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ
84:23And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
84:24So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ
84:25Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.
Arabic: Uthmani script via Islamic Network. Translation: Sahih International via Islamic Network. Audio: Islamic Network CDN. Word-by-word glosses and word pronunciation: Quran.com (Quran Foundation). Quranic text is displayed exactly as provided and never altered; see sources.
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