Surah Al-Inshiqaq (The Sundering)
Meccan · 25 ayahs · Arabic with the Pickthall English translation.
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Verses
إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتۡ
When the heaven is split asunder
84:1وَأَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡ
And attentive to her Lord in fear
84:2وَإِذَا ٱلۡأَرۡضُ مُدَّتۡ
And when the earth is spread out
84:3وَأَلۡقَتۡ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتۡ
And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
84:4وَأَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡ
And attentive to her Lord in fear
84:5يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدۡحٗا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ
Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence)
84:6فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ
Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
84:7فَسَوۡفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابٗا يَسِيرٗا
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
84:8وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورٗا
And will return unto his folk in joy
84:9وَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهۡرِهِۦ
But whoso is given his account behind his back
84:10فَسَوۡفَ يَدۡعُواْ ثُبُورٗا
He surely will invoke destruction
84:11وَيَصۡلَىٰ سَعِيرًا
And be thrown to scorching fire
84:12إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِيٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورًا
He verily lived joyous with his folk
84:13إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah)
84:14بَلَىٰٓۚ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرٗا
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him
84:15فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset
84:16وَٱلَّيۡلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth
84:17وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ
And by the moon when she is at the full
84:18لَتَرۡكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٖ
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane
84:19فَمَا لَهُمۡ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
84:20وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ لَا يَسۡجُدُونَۤ۩
And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah)
84:21بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ يُكَذِّبُونَ
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny
84:22وَٱللَّهُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding
84:23فَبَشِّرۡهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
So give them tidings of a painful doom
84:24إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمۡ أَجۡرٌ غَيۡرُ مَمۡنُونِۭ
Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing
84:25
Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani (public domain). English translation: Marmaduke Pickthall, “The Meaning of the Glorious Koran” (1930) — public domain.
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