الإنشقاق

Al-Inshiqaq

The Sundering25 Verses17 Hadithsmakkah

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

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84:1

إِذَا

When

ٱلسَّمَآءُ

the sky

ٱنشَقَّتۡ

is split asunder

When the sky has split [open]

84:2

وَأَذِنَتۡ

And has listened

لِرَبِّهَا

to its Lord

وَحُقَّتۡ

and was obligated

And has listened [i.e., responded]¹ to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]

84:3

وَإِذَا

And when

ٱلۡأَرۡضُ

the earth

مُدَّتۡ

is spread

And when the earth has been extended¹

84:4

وَأَلۡقَتۡ

And has cast out

مَا

what

فِيهَا

(is) in it

وَتَخَلَّتۡ

and becomes empty

And has cast out that within it¹ and relinquished [it].

84:5

وَأَذِنَتۡ

And has listened

لِرَبِّهَا

to its Lord

وَحُقَّتۡ

and was obligated

And has listened [i.e., responded] to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -

84:6

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا

ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ

mankind

إِنَّكَ

Indeed, you

كَادِحٌ

(are) laboring

إِلَىٰ

رَبِّكَ

your Lord

كَدۡحًا

(with) exertion

فَمُلَـٰقِيهِ

and you (will) meet Him

O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion¹ and will meet it.²

84:7

فَأَمَّا

Then as for

مَنۡ

(him) who

أُوتِىَ

is given

كِتَـٰبَهُۥ

his record

بِيَمِينِهِۦ

in his right (hand)

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

84:8

فَسَوۡفَ

Then soon

يُحَاسَبُ

his account will be taken

حِسَابًا

an account

يَسِيرًا

easy

He will be judged with an easy account

84:9

وَيَنقَلِبُ

And he will return

إِلَىٰٓ

أَهۡلِهِۦ

his people

مَسۡرُورًا

happily

And return to his people in happiness.

84:10

وَأَمَّا

But as for

مَنۡ

(him) who

أُوتِىَ

is given

كِتَـٰبَهُۥ

his record

وَرَآءَ

behind

ظَهۡرِهِۦ

his back

١٠

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

84:11

فَسَوۡفَ

Then soon

يَدۡعُواۡ

he will call

ثُبُورًا

(for) destruction

١١

He will cry out for destruction

84:12

وَيَصۡلَىٰ

And he will burn

سَعِيرًا

(in) a Blaze

١٢

And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

84:13

إِنَّهُۥ

Indeed, he

كَانَ

had been

فِىٓ

among

أَهۡلِهِۦ

his people

مَسۡرُورًا

happy

١٣

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

84:14

إِنَّهُۥ

Indeed, he

ظَنَّ

(had) thought

أَن

that

لَّن

never

يَحُورَ

he would return

١٤

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

84:15

بَلَىٰٓ

Yes

إِنَّ

Indeed

رَبَّهُۥ

his Lord

كَانَ

was

بِهِۦ

of him

بَصِيرًا

All-Seer

١٥

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

84:16

فَلَآ

But nay

أُقۡسِمُ

I swear

بِٱلشَّفَقِ

by the twilight glow

١٦

So I swear by the twilight glow

84:17

وَٱلَّيۡلِ

And the night

وَمَا

and what

وَسَقَ

it envelops

١٧

And [by] the night and what it envelops

84:18

وَٱلۡقَمَرِ

And the moon

إِذَا

when

ٱتَّسَقَ

it becomes full

١٨

And [by] the moon when it becomes full

84:19

لَتَرۡكَبُنَّ

You will surely embark

طَبَقًا

(to) stage

عَن

from

طَبَقٍ

stage

١٩

[That] you will surely embark upon [i.e., experience] state after state.¹

84:20

فَمَا

So what

لَهُمۡ

(is) for them

لَا

not

يُؤۡمِنُونَ

they believe

٢٠

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

84:21

وَإِذَا

And when

قُرِئَ

is recited

عَلَيۡهِمُ

to them

ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ

the Quran

لَا

not

يَسۡجُدُونَ

they prostrate

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

84:22

بَلِ

Nay

ٱلَّذِينَ

Those who

كَفَرُواۡ

disbelieved

يُكَذِّبُونَ

deny

٢٢

But those who have disbelieved deny,

84:23

وَٱللَّهُ

And Allah

أَعۡلَمُ

(is) most knowing

بِمَا

of what

يُوعُونَ

they keep within themselves

٢٣

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

84:24

فَبَشِّرۡهُم

so give them tidings

بِعَذَابٍ

of a punishment

أَلِيمٍ

painful

٢٤

So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

84:25

إِلَّا

Except

ٱلَّذِينَ

those who

ءَامَنُواۡ

believe

وَعَمِلُواۡ

and do

ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ

righteous deeds

لَهُمۡ

For them

أَجۡرٌ

(is) a reward

غَيۡرُ

never

مَمۡنُونِۭ

ending

٢٥

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

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