إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ ١
1. When the sky has split [open]
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سورة الإنشقاق
The complete Arabic text of Surah Al-Inshiqaq: its 25 verses in vowelled Uthmani script, with the English translation under each verse. Enlarge the text with A+, show the transliteration or word by word, and start the recitation: each verse lights up as it is recited.
Tajweed rules
- Hamzat al-wasl (silent)
- Silent letter
- Lam shamsiyyah (assimilated)
- Normal madd (2 counts)
- Permissible madd (2, 4 or 6 counts)
- Obligatory madd (4 or 5 counts)
- Necessary madd (6 counts)
- Ghunnah (nasalisation, 2 counts)
- Qalqalah (echo)
- Ikhfa (concealment)
- Ikhfa shafawi (meem)
- Idgham with ghunnah
- Idgham without ghunnah
- Idgham shafawi (meem)
- Idgham mutajanisayn
- Idgham mutaqaribayn
- Iqlab (noon becomes meem)
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ ٢
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
3. And when the earth has been extended1889
Notes
[1889] i.e., stretched flat and spread out.
وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ ٤
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
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
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
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
Notes
[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]?
Prostration
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.