إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ ١
1. When the sky has split [open]
سورة الإنشقاق
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ ١
1. When the sky has split [open]
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ ٢
2. And has listened [i.e., responded]1888 to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
[1888] It will have heard Allāh's command and will have inclined immediately to compliance and willing obedience.
وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ ٣
3. And when the earth has been extended1889
[1889] i.e., stretched flat and spread out.
وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ ٤
4. And has cast out that within it1890 and relinquished [it]
[1890] Of the dead and all else buried therein.
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ ٥
5. And has listened [i.e., responded] to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] –
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ ٦
6. O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion1891 and will meet it.1892
[1891] i.e., striving throughout your life until you meet your Lord, hastening toward death.
[1892] i.e., you will find all that you intended and accomplished awaiting you in the Hereafter. Another meaning is "And will meet Him [i.e., your Lord]" and be recompensed in full by Him.
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ ٧
7. Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,
فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا ٨
8. He will be judged with an easy account
وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا ٩
9. And return to his people in happiness.
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ ١٠
10. But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًا ١١
11. He will cry out for destruction
وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا ١٢
12. And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا ١٣
13. Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ ١٤
14. Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allāh].
بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًا ١٥
15. But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever, of him, Seeing.
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ ١٦
16. So I swear by the twilight glow
وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ ١٧
17. And [by] the night and what it envelops
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ ١٨
18. And [by] the moon when it becomes full
لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ ١٩
19. [That] you will surely embark upon [i.e., experience] state after state.1893
[1893] i.e., various stages, both in this life and in the Hereafter.
فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ٢٠
20. So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,
وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ٢١
21. And when the Qur’ān is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allāh]?
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ ٢٢
22. But those who have disbelieved deny,
وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ ٢٣
23. And Allāh is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ ٢٤
24. So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ ٢٥
25. Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.
8 verses of Surah Al-Inshiqaq resemble other verses of the Quran: a classic trap when reciting from memory. The closest ones:
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَٰبِيَهْ
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَٰبِيَهْ
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وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
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