سورة الانشقاق
Surah Al-Inshiqaq
The Sundering
Surah Al-Inshiqaq (The Sundering) is the 84th surah of the Quran. It has 25 verses and is a Meccan surah. Below is the complete Arabic text with an English translation and transliteration, verse by verse.
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتۡ﴿١﴾
Itha alssamao inshaqqat
When the sky has split [open]
وَ أَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَ حُقَّتۡ﴿٢﴾
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
And has listened [i.e., responded] to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
وَ إِذَا ٱلۡأَرۡضُ مُدَّتۡ﴿٣﴾
Waitha alardu muddat
And when the earth has been extended
وَ أَلۡقَتۡ مَا فِيهَا وَ تَخَلَّتۡ﴿٤﴾
Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
وَ أَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَ حُقَّتۡ﴿٥﴾
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
And has listened [i.e., responded] to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] –
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدۡحࣰا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ﴿٦﴾
Ya ayyuha alinsanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi
O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.
فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ﴿٧﴾
Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi
Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,
فَسَوۡفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابࣰا يَسِيرࣰا﴿٨﴾
Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran
He will be judged with an easy account
وَ يَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورࣰا﴿٩﴾
Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran
And return to his people in happiness.
وَ أَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهۡرِهِۦ﴿١٠﴾
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
فَسَوۡفَ يَدۡعُواْ ثُبُورࣰا﴿١١﴾
Fasawfa yadʿoo thubooran
He will cry out for destruction
وَ يَصۡلَىٰ سَعِيرًا﴿١٢﴾
Wayasla saʿeeran
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِيٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورًا﴿١٣﴾
Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ﴿١٤﴾
Innahu thanna an lan yahoora
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allāh].
بَلَىٰٓ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرࣰا﴿١٥﴾
Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever, of him, Seeing.
فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ﴿١٦﴾
Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi
So I swear by the twilight glow
وَ ٱلَّيۡلِ وَ مَا وَسَقَ﴿١٧﴾
Waallayli wama wasaqa
And [by] the night and what it envelops
وَ ٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ﴿١٨﴾
Waalqamari itha ittasaqa
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
لَتَرۡكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقࣲ﴿١٩﴾
Latarkabunna tabaqan ʿan tabaqin
[That] you will surely embark upon [i.e., experience] state after state.
فَمَا لَهُمۡ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ﴿٢٠﴾
Fama lahum la yuminoona
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,
وَ إِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ لَا يَسۡجُدُونَۤ ۩﴿٢١﴾
Waitha quria ʿalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona
And when the Qur’ān is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allāh]?
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ يُكَذِّبُونَ﴿٢٢﴾
Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona
But those who have disbelieved deny,
وَ ٱللَّهُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ﴿٢٣﴾
WaAllahu aʿlamu bima yooʿoona
And Allāh is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
فَبَشِّرۡهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ﴿٢٤﴾
Fabashshirhum biʿathabin aleemin
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَ عَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمۡ أَجۡرٌ غَيۡرُ مَمۡنُونِۭ﴿٢٥﴾
Illa allatheena amanoo waʿamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin
Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.
Translation: Saheeh International · Transliteration
About this surah
Name
It is derived from the word inshaqqat in the first verse. Inshaqqat is infinitive which means to split asunder, thereby implying that it is the Surah in which mention has been made of the splitting asunder of the heavens.
Period of Revelation
This too is one of the earliest Surahs to be revealed at Makkah. The internal evidence of its subject matter indicates that persecution of the Muslims had not yet started; however, the message of the Qur'an was being openly repudiated at Makkah and the people were refusing to acknowledge that Resurrection would ever take place when they would have to appear before their God to render an account of their deeds.
Theme and Subject Matter
Its theme is the Resurrection and Hereafter.
In the first five verses not only have the state of Resurrection been described vividly but an argument of its being true and certain also have been given. It has been stated that the heavens on that Day will split asunder, the earth will be spread out plain and smooth, and it will throw out whatever lies inside it of the dead bodies of men and evidences of their deeds so as to become completely empty from within. The argument given for it is that such will be the Command of their Lord for the heavens and the earth; since both are His creation. they cannot dare disobey His Command. For them the only right and proper course is that they should obey the Command of their Lord.
Then, in vv. 6-19 it has been said that whether man Is conscious of this fact or not, he in any case is moving willy nilly to the destination when he will appear and stand before his Lord. At that time all human beings will divide into two parts: first those whose records will be given in their right hands: they will be forgiven without any severe reckoning; second those whose records will be given them behind their back. They will wish that they should die somehow, but they will not die; instead they will be cast into Hell. They will meet with this fate because in the world they remained lost in the misunderstanding that they would never have to appear before God to render an account of their deeds, whereas their Lord was watching whatever they were doing, and there was no reason why they should escape the accountability for their deeds. Their moving gradual]y from the life of the world to the meting out of rewards and punishments in the Hereafter was as certain as the appearance of twilight after sunset, the coming of the night after the day, the returning of men and animals to their respective abodes at night, and the growing of the crescent into full moon.
In conclusion, the disbelievers who repudiate the Qur'an instead of bowing down to God when they hear it, have been forewarned of a grievous punishment and the good news of limitless rewards has been given to the believers and the righteous.
Source: Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - Tafhim al-Qur'an - The Meaning of the Quran