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Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 19

سورة الإنشقاق، الآية ١٩

84:19 Juz 30 Hizb 59 Page 589 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 84:19

لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ ۝١٩

Transliteration

latarkabunna ṭabaqan ʿan ṭabaqin

Translation

[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.

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Verse 19 of Surah Al-Inshiqaq (84:19), a Meccan surah, is in juz 30, on page 589 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 19

Al-Mukhtasar

You, O man, will mount one state after another from a drop, then a clot, then a piece of flesh, then life, then death and then resurrection.

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Other translations of verse 19

You will surely pass from one stage to another6.

Notes

[6] i.e., from sperm-drop to clinging clot to lump, from life to death to resurrection.

You shall certainly travel from stage to stage (in this life and in the Hereafter).

That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.

Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.

That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.

Indeed you will definitely ride state after state (i.e., travel from one stage "of life" to another).

Verse 19 word by word

  1. لَتَرْكَبُنَّ latarkabunna You will surely embark ر ك ب
  2. طَبَقًا ṭabaqan (to) stage ط ب ق
  3. عَن ʿan from
  4. طَبَقٍ ṭabaqin stage ط ب ق

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 4941

The first of the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) who came to us (in Medina), were Mus`ab bin `Umar and Ibn Um Maktum, and they started teaching us the Qur'an. Then came `Ammar, Bilal and Sa`d. Afterwards `Umar bin Al-Kkattab came along with a batch of twenty (men): and after that the Prophet (ﷺ)…

أَوَّلُ مَنْ قَدِمَ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مُصْعَبُ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ وَابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ فَجَعَلاَ يُقْرِئَانِنَا الْقُرْآنَ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ عَمَّارٌ وَبِلاَلٌ وَسَعْدٌ ثُمَّ جَاءَ عُمَرُ…

Narrated by Al-Barā' ibn ‘Āzib + 5 other versions

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 4942

Some of you would whip your wives as if they were slaves and then have intercourse with them at the end of the day

‘Abdullāh ibn Zam‘ah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that he heard the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) deliver a sermon when he mentioned the she-camel and the man who had slain it. Thereupon, the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said…

‏‏{‏إِذِ انْبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا‏}‏ انْبَعَثَ لَهَا رَجُلٌ عَزِيزٌ عَارِمٌ، مَنِيعٌ فِي رَهْطِهِ، مِثْلُ أَبِي زَمْعَةَ ‏"‏‏.‏ وَذَكَرَ النِّسَاءَ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ يَعْمِدُ أَحَدُكُمْ يَجْلِدُ امْرَأَتَهُ جَلْدَ الْعَبْدِ…

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Zam‘a + 10 other versions Explained

Verses related to verse 19

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Qaf 50:22

    لَّقَدْ كُنتَ فِى غَفْلَةٍ مِّنْ هَٰذَا فَكَشَفْنَا عَنكَ غِطَآءَكَ فَبَصَرُكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ حَدِيدٌ

    [It will be said], "You were certainly in unmindfulness of this, and We have removed from you your cover, so your sight, this Day, is sharp."

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