# 84. Surah Al-Inshiqaq

> سورة الإنشقاق — The Splitting Open · 25 verses · Mushaf page: 589

- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-al-inshiqaq
- **Translation:** Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

_In the name of God, the Almighty, the Merciful._

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ

## Verse 1

اِذَا السَّمَٓاءُ انْشَقَّتْۙ

Itha assamao inshaqqat

When the sky is split asunder

_https://quran.so/surah-al-inshiqaq/verse-1.md_

## Verse 2

وَاَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْۙ

Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

And hearkens to its Lord, as it must,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-inshiqaq/verse-2.md_

## Verse 3

وَاِذَا الْاَرْضُ مُدَّتْۙ

Wa-itha al-ardu muddat

And when the earth is spread out

_https://quran.so/surah-al-inshiqaq/verse-3.md_

## Verse 4

وَاَلْقَتْ مَا ف۪يهَا وَتَخَلَّتْۙ

Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat

And casts forth all that is in it and is empty,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-inshiqaq/verse-4.md_

## Verse 5

وَاَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْۜ

Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat

And hearkens to its Lord, as it must––

_https://quran.so/surah-al-inshiqaq/verse-5.md_

## Verse 6

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الْاِنْسَانُ اِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ اِلٰى رَبِّكَ كَدْحاً فَمُلَاق۪يهِۚ

Ya ayyuha al-insanuinnaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhanfamulaqeeh

O man: thou art toiling towards thy Lord with labour, and wilt meet Him!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-inshiqaq/verse-6.md_

## Verse 7

فَاَمَّا مَنْ اُو۫تِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَم۪ينِه۪ۙ

Faama man ootiya kitabahubiyameenih

Then as for him who is given his writ in his right hand:

_https://quran.so/surah-al-inshiqaq/verse-7.md_

## Verse 8

فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَاباً يَس۪يراًۙ

Fasawfa yuhasabu hisabanyaseera

He will be called to account with an easy reckoning,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-inshiqaq/verse-8.md_

## Verse 9

وَيَنْقَلِبُ اِلٰٓى اَهْلِه۪ مَسْرُوراًۜ

Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masroora

And he will return to his people in happiness.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-inshiqaq/verse-9.md_

## Verse 10

وَاَمَّا مَنْ اُو۫تِيَ كِتَابَهُ وَرَٓاءَ ظَهْرِه۪ۙ

Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraathahrih

And as for him who is given his writ behind his back:

_https://quran.so/surah-al-inshiqaq/verse-10.md_

## Verse 11

فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا ثُبُوراًۙ

Fasawfa yadAAoo thuboora

He will call for destruction,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-inshiqaq/verse-11.md_

## Verse 12

وَيَصْلٰى سَع۪يراًۜ

Wayasla saAAeera

And burn in an inferno.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-inshiqaq/verse-12.md_

## Verse 13

اِنَّهُ  كَانَ ف۪ٓي اَهْلِه۪ مَسْرُوراً

Innahu kana fee ahlihi masroora

He was among his people in happiness;

_https://quran.so/surah-al-inshiqaq/verse-13.md_

## Verse 14

اِنَّهُ ظَنَّ اَنْ لَنْ يَحُورَۚۛ

Innahu thanna an lan yahoor

He thought he would never return.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-inshiqaq/verse-14.md_

## Verse 15

بَلٰىۚۛ  اِنَّ رَبَّهُ  كَانَ بِه۪ بَص۪يراًۜ

Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseera

Verily, his Lord saw him.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-inshiqaq/verse-15.md_

## Verse 16

فَلَٓا اُقْسِمُ بِالشَّفَقِۙ

Fala oqsimu bishshafaq

Then do I swear by the twilight glow!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-inshiqaq/verse-16.md_

## Verse 17

وَالَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَۙ

Wallayli wama wasaq

And by the night and what it envelops!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-inshiqaq/verse-17.md_

## Verse 18

وَالْقَمَرِ اِذَا اتَّسَقَۙ

Walqamari itha ittasaq

And by the moon when it is full!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-inshiqaq/verse-18.md_

## Verse 19

لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقاً عَنْ طَبَقٍۜ

Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaq

You will embark upon stage after stage.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-inshiqaq/verse-19.md_

## Verse 20

فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَۙ

Fama lahum la yu/minoon

Then what ails them that they do not believe,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-inshiqaq/verse-20.md_

## Verse 21

وَاِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقُرْاٰنُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَۜ

Wa-itha quri-a AAalayhimu alqur-anula yasjudoon

And when the Qur’an is recited to them, do not submit?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-inshiqaq/verse-21.md_

## Verse 22

بَلِ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا يُكَذِّبُونَۘ

Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboon

The truth is, those who ignore warning deny,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-inshiqaq/verse-22.md_

## Verse 23

وَاللّٰهُ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَۘ

Wallahu aAAlamu bimayooAAoon

And God best knows what they hoard.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-inshiqaq/verse-23.md_

## Verse 24

فَبَشِّرْهُمْ بِعَذَابٍ اَل۪يمٍۙ

Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleem

So give thou them tidings of a painful punishment,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-inshiqaq/verse-24.md_

## Verse 25

اِلَّا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَهُمْ اَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ

Illa allatheena amanoowaAAamiloo assalihati lahum ajrun ghayrumamnoon

Save those who heed warning and do righteous deeds — they have a reward unending.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-inshiqaq/verse-25.md_

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