Surah Al-Inshiqaq (The Splitting)

Topics in Surah Al-Inshiqaq

Study guides that discuss verses of this surah, most connected first.

• The Last Day (Al-Yawm al-Akhir) (14 verses)
• Man (Insan) (10 verses)
• Accountability (Hisab) (9 verses)
• Faith (Iman) (7 verses)
• Ruling (Hukm) (6 verses)
• Striving (Sa'y) (6 verses)
• Conjecture (Zann) (5 verses)
• Resurrection (Ba'th) (4 verses)
• The Moon (Qamar) (4 verses)
• Reminding of Favors (Mann) (4 verses)
• The Earth (Ard) (2 verses)
• The Night (Layl) (2 verses)
• Appointed Term (Ajal) (1 verses)
• Hope (Raja) (1 verses)
• Piety (Taqwa) (1 verses)

Read Surah Al-Inshiqaq with English translation

1. 84:1

   بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ

   When the sky is ripped apart,

2. 84:2

   وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

   obeying its Lord as it rightly must,

3. 84:3

   وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ

   when the earth is levelled out,

4. 84:4

   وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ

   casts out its contents, and becomes empty,

5. 84:5

   وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

   obeying its Lord as it rightly must,

6. 84:6

   يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًۭا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ

   you humans, toiling laboriously towards your Lord, will meet Him:

7. 84:7

   فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ

   whoever is given his record in his right hand

8. 84:8

   فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًۭا يَسِيرًۭا

   will have an easy reckoning

9. 84:9

   وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًۭا

   and return to his people well pleased,

10. 84:10

    وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ

    but whoever is given his record from behind his back

11. 84:11

    فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًۭا

    will cry out for destruction––

12. 84:12

    وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا

    he will burn in the blazing Fire.

13. 84:13

    إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا

    He used to live among his people well pleased.

14. 84:14

    إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ

    He thought he would never return [to his Lord]––

15. 84:15

    بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًۭا

    indeed he will! His Lord was watching him.

16. 84:16

    فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ

    I swear by the glow of sunset,

17. 84:17

    وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ

    by the night and what it covers,

18. 84:18

    وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ

    by the full moon,

19. 84:19

    لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍۢ

    you will progress from stage to stage.

20. 84:20

    فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

    So why do they not believe?

21. 84:21

    وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩

    Why, when the Quran is read to them, do they not prostrate themselves [to God]?

22. 84:22

    بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ

    No! The disbelievers reject the Quran––

23. 84:23

    وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ

    God knows best what they keep hidden inside––

24. 84:24

    فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

    so give them news of a painful torment.

25. 84:25

    إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ

    But those who believe and do good deeds will have a never-ending reward.

English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.