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Surah 84 · Meccan · 25 verses · juz 30

Al-Inshiqaaq سُورَةُ الانشِقَاقِ

The Splitting Open

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ ﴿1﴾

When the heaven is split asunder

84:1 · Al-Inshiqaaq · juz 30 · page 589 · tafsir at quran.com

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ ﴿2﴾

And attentive to her Lord in fear,

84:2 · Al-Inshiqaaq · juz 30 · page 589 · tafsir at quran.com

وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ ﴿3﴾

And when the earth is spread out

84:3 · Al-Inshiqaaq · juz 30 · page 589 · tafsir at quran.com

وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ ﴿4﴾

And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty

84:4 · Al-Inshiqaaq · juz 30 · page 589 · tafsir at quran.com

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ ﴿5﴾

And attentive to her Lord in fear!

84:5 · Al-Inshiqaaq · juz 30 · page 589 · tafsir at quran.com

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًۭا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ ﴿6﴾

Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence).

84:6 · Al-Inshiqaaq · juz 30 · page 589 · tafsir at quran.com

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ ﴿7﴾

Then whoso is given his account in his right hand

84:7 · Al-Inshiqaaq · juz 30 · page 589 · tafsir at quran.com

فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًۭا يَسِيرًۭا ﴿8﴾

He truly will receive an easy reckoning

84:8 · Al-Inshiqaaq · juz 30 · page 589 · tafsir at quran.com

وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًۭا ﴿9﴾

And will return unto his folk in joy.

84:9 · Al-Inshiqaaq · juz 30 · page 589 · tafsir at quran.com

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ ﴿10﴾

But whoso is given his account behind his back,

84:10 · Al-Inshiqaaq · juz 30 · page 589 · tafsir at quran.com

فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًۭا ﴿11﴾

He surely will invoke destruction

84:11 · Al-Inshiqaaq · juz 30 · page 589 · tafsir at quran.com

وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا ﴿12﴾

And be thrown to scorching fire.

84:12 · Al-Inshiqaaq · juz 30 · page 589 · tafsir at quran.com

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا ﴿13﴾

He verily lived joyous with his folk,

84:13 · Al-Inshiqaaq · juz 30 · page 589 · tafsir at quran.com

إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ ﴿14﴾

He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).

84:14 · Al-Inshiqaaq · juz 30 · page 589 · tafsir at quran.com

بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًۭا ﴿15﴾

Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!

84:15 · Al-Inshiqaaq · juz 30 · page 589 · tafsir at quran.com

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ ﴿16﴾

Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,

84:16 · Al-Inshiqaaq · juz 30 · page 589 · tafsir at quran.com

وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ ﴿17﴾

And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,

84:17 · Al-Inshiqaaq · juz 30 · page 589 · tafsir at quran.com

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ ﴿18﴾

And by the moon when she is at the full,

84:18 · Al-Inshiqaaq · juz 30 · page 589 · tafsir at quran.com

لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍۢ ﴿19﴾

That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.

84:19 · Al-Inshiqaaq · juz 30 · page 589 · tafsir at quran.com

فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿20﴾

What aileth them, then, that they believe not

84:20 · Al-Inshiqaaq · juz 30 · page 589 · tafsir at quran.com

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩ ﴿21﴾

And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah)?

84:21 · Al-Inshiqaaq · juz 30 · page 589 · a verse of prostration · tafsir at quran.com

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ ﴿22﴾

Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;

84:22 · Al-Inshiqaaq · juz 30 · page 589 · tafsir at quran.com

وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ ﴿23﴾

And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.

84:23 · Al-Inshiqaaq · juz 30 · page 589 · tafsir at quran.com

فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ ﴿24﴾

So give them tidings of a painful doom,

84:24 · Al-Inshiqaaq · juz 30 · page 589 · tafsir at quran.com

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ ﴿25﴾

Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.

84:25 · Al-Inshiqaaq · juz 30 · page 589 · tafsir at quran.com

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