إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ ﴿١﴾
Idhā as-samāʾu inshaqqat
When the heaven is split asunder
الإنشقاق
84. Al-Inshiqaaq
The Splitting Open · Meccan · 25 verses
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Bismi Allāhi ar-raḥmāni ar-raḥīm
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ ﴿٢﴾
Waʾadhinat lirabbihā waḥuqqat
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ ﴿٣﴾
Waʾidhā al-arḍu muddat
And when the earth is spread out
وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ ﴿٤﴾
Waʾalqat mā fīhā watakhallat
And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ ﴿٥﴾
Waʾadhinat lirabbihā waḥuqqat
And attentive to her Lord in fear!
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَـٰقِيهِ ﴿٦﴾
Yā ayyuhā al-insānu innaka kādiḥun ilā rabbika kadḥan famulāqīh
Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence).
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ ﴿٧﴾
Faʾammā man ūtiya kitābahu biyamīnih
Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا ﴿٨﴾
Fasawfa yuḥāsabu ḥisāban yasīrā
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا ﴿٩﴾
Wayanqalibu ilā ahlihi masrūrā
And will return unto his folk in joy.
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ ﴿١٠﴾
Waʾammā man ūtiya kitābahu warāʾa ẓahrih
But whoso is given his account behind his back,
فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًا ﴿١١﴾
Fasawfa yadʿū thubūrā
He surely will invoke destruction
وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا ﴿١٢﴾
Wayaṣlā saʿīrā
And be thrown to scorching fire.
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا ﴿١٣﴾
Innahu kāna fī ahlihi masrūrā
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ ﴿١٤﴾
Innahu ẓanna an lan yaḥūr
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًا ﴿١٥﴾
Balā inna rabbahu kāna bihi baṣīrā
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ ﴿١٦﴾
Falā uqsimu bish-shafaq
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ ﴿١٧﴾
Wallayli wamā wasaq
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ ﴿١٨﴾
Wal-qamari idhā ittasaq
And by the moon when she is at the full,
لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ ﴿١٩﴾
Latarkabunna ṭabaqan ʿan ṭabaq
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿٢٠﴾
Famā lahum lā yuʾminūn
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩ ﴿٢١﴾
Waʾidhā quriʾa ʿalayhimu al-qurʾānu lā yasjudūn
And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah)?
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ ﴿٢٢﴾
Bali alladhīna kafarū yukadhdhibūn
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾
Wallāhu aʿlamu bimā yūʿūn
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ ﴿٢٤﴾
Fabashshirhum biʿadhābin alīm
So give them tidings of a painful doom,
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ ﴿٢٥﴾
Illā alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū aṣ-ṣāliḥāti lahum ajrun ghayru mamnūn
Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.
Arabic: the Uthmani text of the Tanzil Project, used unchanged under CC BY 3.0. Quran text © Tanzil Project - check tanzil.net/updates for changes.
Transliteration: made by Anoor from the Tanzil text, each word as it is said on its own - in recitation the words run together.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain.
Plain English: written by Anoor from Tafsir al-Jalalayn (al-Mahalli and al-Suyuti), one of the most widely read classical commentaries. It is a simple explanation, not a scholarly commentary - for a ruling or a deeper reading, ask a scholar. Something wrong? Tell us.