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Surah Al-Inshiqaq transliteration

سورة الإنشقاق

Surah 8425 versesMeccan

Here is Surah Al-Inshiqaq (“The Sundering”) in transliteration: each of its 25 verses in Arabic, then in Latin letters (one Latin word for each Arabic word) and translated into English. Start the recitation: each word lights up as it is pronounced.

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Letters with a bar (ā, ī, ū) are long, ʿ marks the letter ʿayn, ḥ, ṣ, ḍ, ṭ, ẓ the emphatic letters. Hover over or tap an Arabic word to see its meaning.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi

إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ ۝١

idhā l-samāu inshaqqat

1. When the sky has split [open]

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ ۝٢

wa-adhinat lirabbihā waḥuqqat

2. And has listened [i.e., responded]¹⁸⁸⁸ to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]

Notes

[1888] It will have heard Allāh's command and will have inclined immediately to compliance and willing obedience.

وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ ۝٣

wa-idhā l-arḍu muddat

3. And when the earth has been extended¹⁸⁸⁹

Notes

[1889] i.e., stretched flat and spread out.

وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ ۝٤

wa-alqat mā fīhā watakhallat

4. And has cast out that within it¹⁸⁹⁰ and relinquished [it]

Notes

[1890] Of the dead and all else buried therein.

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ ۝٥

wa-adhinat lirabbihā waḥuqqat

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

yāayyuhā l-insānu innaka kādiḥun ilā rabbika kadḥan famulāqīhi

6. O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion¹⁸⁹¹ and will meet it.¹⁸⁹²

Notes

[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

fa-ammā man ūtiya kitābahu biyamīnihi

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

فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا ۝٨

fasawfa yuḥāsabu ḥisāban yasīran

8. He will be judged with an easy account

وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا ۝٩

wayanqalibu ilā ahlihi masrūran

9. And return to his people in happiness.

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ ۝١٠

wa-ammā man ūtiya kitābahu warāa ẓahrihi

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

فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًا ۝١١

fasawfa yadʿū thubūran

11. He will cry out for destruction

وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا ۝١٢

wayaṣlā saʿīran

12. And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا ۝١٣

innahu kāna fī ahlihi masrūran

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

إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ ۝١٤

innahu ẓanna an lan yaḥūra

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

بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًا ۝١٥

balā inna rabbahu kāna bihi baṣīran

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

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ ۝١٦

falā uq'simu bil-shafaqi

16. So I swear by the twilight glow

وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ ۝١٧

wa-al-layli wamā wasaqa

17. And [by] the night and what it envelops

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ ۝١٨

wal-qamari idhā ittasaqa

18. And [by] the moon when it becomes full

لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ ۝١٩

latarkabunna ṭabaqan ʿan ṭabaqin

19. [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.

فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ۝٢٠

famā lahum lā yu'minūna

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

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۝٢١

wa-idhā quri-a ʿalayhimu l-qur'ānu lā yasjudūna

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

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بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ ۝٢٢

bali alladhīna kafarū yukadhibūna

22. But those who have disbelieved deny,

وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ ۝٢٣

wal-lahu aʿlamu bimā yūʿūna

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

فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ ۝٢٤

fabashir'hum biʿadhābin alīmin

24. So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ ۝٢٥

illā alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti lahum ajrun ghayru mamnūnin

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