Al-Inshiqaq is one of the three surahs of which the Prophet ﷺ said: “Whoever would like to look at the Day of Resurrection as if seeing it with his own eyes, let him recite At-Takwir, Al-Infitar and Al-Inshiqaq.” It portrays the terrors of the Resurrection, contains a prostration and belongs to the Mufassal.
The Prophet ﷺ said that whoever would like to see the Day of Resurrection and its terrors as if before his eyes should recite At-Takwir, Al-Infitar and Al-Inshiqaq.
A prostration is made at the words: “What is wrong with them that they do not believe? And when the Qur’an is recited to them, they do not prostrate”, as indicated by the hadith of Abu Hurayrah.
It belongs to the Mufassal, the last part of the Qur’an by which the Prophet ﷺ was favoured over the other prophets, according to the hadith of Wathilah ibn al-Asqa’: “… and I was favoured with the Mufassal.”
Arabic text, translation, reference and authenticity grade of each hadith.
من سره أن ينظر إلى يوم القيامة كأنه رأي عين فليقرأ: ﴿إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ﴾ و ﴿إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْفَطَرَتْ﴾ و ﴿إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ﴾
Whoever would like to look at the Day of Resurrection as if seeing it with his own eyes, let him recite: “When the sun is wrapped up”, “When the sky breaks apart” and “When the sky is split open”.
Main purpose: To remind man of his return to his Lord, of his weakness and of the changing states he goes through.
Al-Inshiqaq is a Meccan surah, also called “Idha as-sama’u inshaqqat”; it is the 84th in the order of the Qur’an, revealed after Al-Infitar and before Ar-Rum. It has twenty-five verses in the Meccan and Kufan counts. It opens with the signs of the Hour, then details the state of the blessed and the wretched on the Day of Resurrection.
Tafsir of Surah Al-Inshiqaq Listen to Al-Inshiqaq by other reciters
The full Arabic text: introduction, virtues, themes, and a study of the chain and authenticity of each hadith.
