Surah 84. Al-Inshiqaq

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Verses [Section]: 1-25[1]

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Quran Text of Verse 1-2584. Al-Inshiqaqبِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِاِذَاWhenالسَّمَآءُthe skyانْشَقَّتْۙis split asunder وَ اَذِنَتْAnd has listenedلِرَبِّهَاto its Lordوَ حُقَّتْۙand was obligated وَ اِذَاAnd whenالْاَرْضُthe earthمُدَّتْۙis spread وَ اَلْقَتْAnd has cast outمَاwhatفِیْهَا(is) in itوَ تَخَلَّتْۙand becomes empty وَ اَذِنَتْAnd has listenedلِرَبِّهَاto its Lordوَ حُقَّتْؕand was obligated یٰۤاَیُّهَاOالْاِنْسَانُmankindاِنَّكَIndeed, youكَادِحٌ(are) laboringاِلٰیtoرَبِّكَyour Lordكَدْحًا(with) exertionفَمُلٰقِیْهِۚand you (will) meet Him فَاَمَّاThen as forمَنْ(him) whoاُوْتِیَis givenكِتٰبَهٗhis recordبِیَمِیْنِهٖۙin his right hand فَسَوْفَSoonیُحَاسَبُhis account will be takenحِسَابًاan accountیَّسِیْرًاۙeasy وَّ یَنْقَلِبُAnd he will returnاِلٰۤیtoاَهْلِهٖhis peopleمَسْرُوْرًاؕhappily وَ اَمَّاBut as forمَنْ(him) whoاُوْتِیَis givenكِتٰبَهٗhis recordوَرَآءَbehindظَهْرِهٖۙhis back فَسَوْفَSoonیَدْعُوْاhe will callثُبُوْرًاۙ(for) destruction وَّ یَصْلٰیAnd he will burnسَعِیْرًاؕ(in) a Blaze اِنَّهٗIndeed heكَانَhad beenفِیْۤamongاَهْلِهٖhis peopleمَسْرُوْرًاؕhappy اِنَّهٗIndeed heظَنَّ(had) thoughtاَنْthatلَّنْneverیَّحُوْرَۚۛhe would return بَلٰۤی ۛۚNay!اِنَّIndeedرَبَّهٗhis Lordكَانَwasبِهٖof himبَصِیْرًاؕseeing فَلَاۤBut nay!اُقْسِمُI swearبِالشَّفَقِۙby the twilight glow وَ الَّیْلِAnd the nightوَ مَاand whatوَسَقَۙit envelops وَ الْقَمَرِAnd the moonاِذَاwhenاتَّسَقَۙit becomes full لَتَرْكَبُنَّYou will surely embarkطَبَقًا(to) stageعَنْfromطَبَقٍؕstage فَمَاSo whatلَهُمْ(is) for themلَاnotیُؤْمِنُوْنَۙthey believe وَ اِذَاAnd whenقُرِئَis recitedعَلَیْهِمُto themالْقُرْاٰنُthe Quranلَاnotیَسْجُدُوْنَؕ۩they prostrate بَلِNay!الَّذِیْنَThose whoكَفَرُوْاdisbelievedیُكَذِّبُوْنَؗۖdeny وَ اللّٰهُAnd Allahاَعْلَمُ(is) most knowingبِمَاof whatیُوْعُوْنَؗۖthey keep within themselves فَبَشِّرْهُمْSo give them tidingsبِعَذَابٍof a punishmentاَلِیْمٍۙpainful اِلَّاExceptالَّذِیْنَthose whoاٰمَنُوْاbelieveوَ عَمِلُواand doالصّٰلِحٰتِrighteous deedsلَهُمْFor themاَجْرٌ(is) a rewardغَیْرُneverمَمْنُوْنٍ۠ending

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Surah Introduction

As a follow-up to the previous sûrahs, this Meccan sûrah elaborates upon what to expect on Judgment Day. The believers will receive their records of deeds in their right hands and rejoice after an easy judgment, whereas the disbelievers will receive their records in their left hands and cry for instant destruction. The disbelievers are criticized for failing to submit to Allah, contrasted with the full submission of the sky and the earth in verses 1-5. More warnings to the evildoers appear in the next sûrah.

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Translation of Verse 1-251. In the Name of Allah-the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful.

1. When the sky bursts open,

2. obeying its Lord as it must,

3. and when the earth is flattened out,

4. and ejects ˹all˺ its contents ¹²⁹⁵ and becomes empty,

5. obeying its Lord as it must, ˹surely you will all be judged˺.

6. O humanity! Indeed, you are labouring restlessly towards your Lord, and will ˹eventually˺ meet the consequences.

7. As for those who are given their record in their right hand,

8. they will have an easy reckoning,

9. and will return to their people joyfully.

10. And as for those who are given their record ˹in their left hand˺ from behind their backs,

11. they will cry for ˹instant˺ destruction,

12. and will burn in the blazing Fire.

13. For they used to be prideful among their people,

14. thinking they would never return ˹to Allah˺.

15. Yes ˹they would˺! Surely their Lord has always been All-Seeing of them.

16. So, I do swear by the twilight!

17. And by the night and whatever it envelops!

18. And by the moon when it waxes full!

19. You will certainly pass from one state to another. ¹²⁹⁶

20. So what is the matter with them that they do not believe,

21. and when the Quran is recited to them, they do not bow down ˹in submission˺? ¹²⁹⁷

22. In fact, the disbelievers persist in denial.

23. But Allah knows best whatever they hide.

24. So give them good news of a painful punishment.

25. But those who believe and do good will have a never-ending reward.

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Commentary

1295. i.e., treasures and dead bodies.

1296. You will pass from life to death and from death to resurrection, from well-being to sickness and from sickness to well-being, from poverty to richness and from richness to poverty, etc.

1297. lit., they do not prostrate.