84:1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ
Izas samaaa'un shaqqat
WHEN THE SKY is split asunder,
QUR’AN · SURAH 84
Al-Inshiqaaq
The Splitting Open · undefined verses · Meccan
Translation of meaning: Muhammad Asad. Transliteration is a learning aid; it cannot capture every Arabic sound. Recitation: Mishary Rashid Alafasy via Islamic Network. Recitation is streamed from Islamic Network and requires internet access.
84:2
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
Wa azinat li Rabbihaa wa huqqat
obeying its Sustainer, as in truth it must;
84:3
وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ
Wa izal ardu muddat
and when the earth is leveled,
84:4
وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ
Wa alqat maa feehaa wa takhallat
and casts forth whatever is in it, and becomes utterly void,
84:5
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
Wa azinat li Rabbihaa wa huqqat
obeying its Sustainer, as in truth it must -:
84:6
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًۭا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ
Yaaa ayyuhal insaanu innaka kaadihun ilaa Rabbika kad han famulaaqeeh
[then,] O man - thou [that] hast, verily, been toiling towards thy Sustainer in painful toil - then shalt thou meet Him!
84:7
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ
Fa ammaa man ootiya kitaabahoo biyameenih
And as for him whose record shall be placed in his right hand,
84:8
فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًۭا يَسِيرًۭا
Fasawfa yuhaasabu hi saabai yaseeraa
he will in time be called to account with an easy accounting,
84:9
وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًۭا
Wa yanqalibu ilaaa ahlihee masrooraa
and will [be able to] turn joyfully to those of his own kind.
84:10
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ
Wa ammaa man ootiya kitaabahoo waraaa'a zahrih
But as for him whose record shall be given to him behind his back;
84:11
فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًۭا
Fasawfa yad'oo subooraa
he will in time pray for utter destruction:
84:12
وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا
Wa yaslaa sa'eeraa
but he will enter the blazing flame.
84:13
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا
Innahoo kaana feee ahlihee masrooraa
Behold, [in his earthly life] he lived joyfully among people of his own kind
84:14
إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ
Innahoo zanna al lai yahoor
for, behold, he never thought that he would have to return [to God].
84:15
بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًۭا
Balaaa inna Rabbahoo kaana bihee baseeraa
Yea indeed! His Sustainer did see all that was in him!
84:16
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ
Falaaa uqsimu bishshafaq
BUT NAY! I call to witness the sunset's [fleeting] afterglow,
84:17
وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ
Wallaili wa maa wasaq
and the night, and what it [step by step] unfolds,
84:18
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ
Walqamari izat tasaq
and the moon, as it grows to its fullness:
84:19
لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍۢ
Latarkabunna tabaqan 'an tabaq
[even thus, O men,] are you bound to move; onward from stage to stage.
84:20
فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
Famaa lahum laa yu'minoon
What, then, is amiss with them that they will not believe [in a life to come]?
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Qur’an 84:1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ
WHEN THE SKY is split asunder,
Qur’an 84:2
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
obeying its Sustainer, as in truth it must;
Qur’an 84:3
وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ
and when the earth is leveled,
Qur’an 84:4
وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ
and casts forth whatever is in it, and becomes utterly void,
Qur’an 84:5
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
obeying its Sustainer, as in truth it must -:
Qur’an 84:6
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًۭا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ
[then,] O man - thou [that] hast, verily, been toiling towards thy Sustainer in painful toil - then shalt thou meet Him!
Qur’an 84:7
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ
And as for him whose record shall be placed in his right hand,
Qur’an 84:8
فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًۭا يَسِيرًۭا
he will in time be called to account with an easy accounting,
Qur’an 84:9
وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًۭا
and will [be able to] turn joyfully to those of his own kind.
Qur’an 84:10
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ
But as for him whose record shall be given to him behind his back;
Qur’an 84:11
فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًۭا
he will in time pray for utter destruction:
Qur’an 84:12
وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا
but he will enter the blazing flame.
Qur’an 84:13
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا
Behold, [in his earthly life] he lived joyfully among people of his own kind
Qur’an 84:14
إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ
for, behold, he never thought that he would have to return [to God].
Qur’an 84:15
بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًۭا
Yea indeed! His Sustainer did see all that was in him!
Qur’an 84:16
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ
BUT NAY! I call to witness the sunset's [fleeting] afterglow,
Qur’an 84:17
وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ
and the night, and what it [step by step] unfolds,
Qur’an 84:18
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ
and the moon, as it grows to its fullness:
Qur’an 84:19
لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍۢ
[even thus, O men,] are you bound to move; onward from stage to stage.
Qur’an 84:20
فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
What, then, is amiss with them that they will not believe [in a life to come]?
Qur’an 84:21
وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩
and [that], when the Qur’an is read unto them, they do not fall down in prostration?
Qur’an 84:22
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ
Nay, but they who are bent on denying the truth give the lie [to this divine writ]!
Qur’an 84:23
وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ
Yet God has full knowledge of what they conceal [in their hearts].
Qur’an 84:24
فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
Hence, give them the tiding of grievous suffering [in the life to come] –
Qur’an 84:25
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ
unless it be such [of them] as [repent, and] attain to faith, and do good works: for theirs shall be a reward unending!.