Al-Insyiqaq
The Sundering
Surah 84 · Meccan · 25 ayahs
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتۡ ١
Idhas-samāʾunshaqqat.
When the sky has split [open]
وَأَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡ ٢
Wa adhinat lirabbihā wa ḥuqqat.
And has listened [i.e., responded]1 to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
Footnotes (1)
- It will have heard Allāh's command and will have inclined immediately to compliance and willing obedience.
وَإِذَا ٱلۡأَرۡضُ مُدَّتۡ ٣
Wa idhal-arḍu muddat.
And when the earth has been extended1
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., stretched flat and spread out.
وَأَلۡقَتۡ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتۡ ٤
Wa alqat mā fīhā wa takhallat.
And has cast out that within it1 and relinquished [it]
Footnotes (1)
- Of the dead and all else buried therein.
وَأَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡ ٥
Wa adhinat lirabbihā wa ḥuqqat.
And has listened [i.e., responded] to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] –
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدۡحٗا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ ٦
Yāʾayyuhal-insānu innaka kādiḥun ilā rabbika kadḥan famulāqīh.
O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion1 and will meet it.2
Footnotes (2)
- i.e., striving throughout your life until you meet your Lord, hastening toward death.
- 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 مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ ٧
Fa ammā man ūtiya kitābahū biyamīnih.
Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,
فَسَوۡفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابٗا يَسِيرٗا ٨
Fasawfa yuḥāsabu ḥisābay yasīrā.
He will be judged with an easy account
وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورٗا ٩
Wa yanqalibu ilā ahlihī masrūrā.
And return to his people in happiness.
وَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهۡرِهِۦ ١٠
Wa ammā man ūtiya kitābahū warāʾa ẓahrih.
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
فَسَوۡفَ يَدۡعُواْ ثُبُورٗا ١١
Fasawfa yadʿū thubūrā.
He will cry out for destruction
وَيَصۡلَىٰ سَعِيرًا ١٢
Wa yaṣlā saʿīrā.
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِيٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورًا ١٣
Innahū kāna fī ahlihī masrūrā.
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ ١٤
Innahū ẓanna al lay yaḥūr.
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allāh].
بَلَىٰٓۚ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرٗا ١٥
Balā, inna rabbahū kāna bihī baṣīrā.
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever, of him, Seeing.
فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ ١٦
Falā uqsimu bish-shafaq.
So I swear by the twilight glow
وَٱلَّيۡلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ ١٧
Wal-layli wa mā wasaq.
And [by] the night and what it envelops
وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ ١٨
Wal-qamari idhattasaq.
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
لَتَرۡكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٖ ١٩
Latarkabunna ṭabaqan ʿan ṭabaq.
[That] you will surely embark upon [i.e., experience] state after state.1
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., various stages, both in this life and in the Hereafter.
فَمَا لَهُمۡ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٢٠
Famā lahum lā yuʾminūn.
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,
وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ لَا يَسۡجُدُونَۤ۩ ٢١
Wa idhā quriʾa ʿalayhimul-qurʾānu lā yasjudūn.
And when the Qur’ān is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allāh]?
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ يُكَذِّبُونَ ٢٢
Balil-ladhīna kafarū yukadhdhibūn.
But those who have disbelieved deny,
وَٱللَّهُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ ٢٣
Wallāhu aʿlamu bimā yūʿūn.
And Allāh is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
فَبَشِّرۡهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ ٢٤
Fabashshirhum biʿadhābin alīm.
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمۡ أَجۡرٌ غَيۡرُ مَمۡنُونِۭ ٢٥
Illal-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti lahum ajrun ghayru mamnūn.
Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.