Surah Al-Inshiqaq (The Sundering)

سُورَةُ الإنشقاق

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتۡ ﴿١﴾

   84:1 When the sky has split [open]

2. وَأَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡ ﴿٢﴾

   84:2 And has listened [i.e., responded][1888] to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]

   Notes

   [1888] It will have heard Allāh's command and will have inclined immediately to compliance and willing obedience.

3. وَإِذَا ٱلۡأَرۡضُ مُدَّتۡ ﴿٣﴾

   84:3 And when the earth has been extended[1889]

   Notes

   [1889] i.e., stretched flat and spread out.

4. وَأَلۡقَتۡ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتۡ ﴿٤﴾

   84:4 And has cast out that within it[1890] and relinquished [it]

   Notes

   [1890] Of the dead and all else buried therein.

5. وَأَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡ ﴿٥﴾

   84:5 And has listened [i.e., responded] to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] –

6. يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدۡحٗا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ ﴿٦﴾

   84:6 O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion[1891] and will meet it.[1892]

   Notes

   [1891] i.e., striving throughout your life until you meet your Lord, hastening toward death. [1892] i.e., you will find all that you intended and accomplished awaiting you in the Hereafter. Another meaning is "And will meet Him [i.e., your Lord]" and be recompensed in full by Him.

7. فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ ﴿٧﴾

   84:7 Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,

8. فَسَوۡفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابٗا يَسِيرٗا ﴿٨﴾

   84:8 He will be judged with an easy account

9. وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورٗا ﴿٩﴾

   84:9 And return to his people in happiness.

10. وَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهۡرِهِۦ ﴿١٠﴾

    84:10 But as for he who is given his record behind his back,

11. فَسَوۡفَ يَدۡعُواْ ثُبُورٗا ﴿١١﴾

    84:11 He will cry out for destruction

12. وَيَصۡلَىٰ سَعِيرًا ﴿١٢﴾

    84:12 And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

13. إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِيٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورًا ﴿١٣﴾

    84:13 Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;

14. إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ ﴿١٤﴾

    84:14 Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allāh].

15. بَلَىٰٓۚ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرٗا ﴿١٥﴾

    84:15 But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever, of him, Seeing.

16. فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ ﴿١٦﴾

    84:16 So I swear by the twilight glow

17. وَٱلَّيۡلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ ﴿١٧﴾

    84:17 And [by] the night and what it envelops

18. وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ ﴿١٨﴾

    84:18 And [by] the moon when it becomes full

19. لَتَرۡكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٖ ﴿١٩﴾

    84:19 [That] you will surely embark upon [i.e., experience] state after state.[1893]

    Notes

    [1893] i.e., various stages, both in this life and in the Hereafter.

20. فَمَا لَهُمۡ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ ﴿٢٠﴾

    84:20 So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,

21. وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ لَا يَسۡجُدُونَۤ۩ ﴿٢١﴾

    84:21 And when the Qur’ān is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allāh]?

22. بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ يُكَذِّبُونَ ﴿٢٢﴾

    84:22 But those who have disbelieved deny,

23. وَٱللَّهُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾

    84:23 And Allāh is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.

24. فَبَشِّرۡهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ ﴿٢٤﴾

    84:24 So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

25. إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمۡ أَجۡرٌ غَيۡرُ مَمۡنُونِۭ ﴿٢٥﴾

    84:25 Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.