Al-Inshiqaq

Basmala, before verse 1: بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. Verse 1:

   إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ1

   When the sky has split [open]

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2. Verse 2:

   وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ2

   And has listened [i.e., responded]^{note 1888} to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]

   Notes, Verse 2

   [1888] It will have heard Allāh's command and will have inclined immediately to compliance and willing obedience.

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3. Verse 3:

   وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ3

   And when the earth has been extended^{note 1889}

   Notes, Verse 3

   [1889] i.e., stretched flat and spread out.

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4. Verse 4:

   وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ4

   And has cast out that within it^{note 1890} and relinquished [it]

   Notes, Verse 4

   [1890] Of the dead and all else buried therein.

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5. Verse 5:

   وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ5

   And has listened [i.e., responded] to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] –

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6. Verse 6:

   يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَـٰقِيهِ6

   O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion^{note 1891} and will meet it.^{note 1892}

   Notes, Verse 6

   [1891] i.e., striving throughout your life until you meet your Lord, hastening toward death.

   [1892] 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.

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7. Verse 7:

   فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ7

   Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,

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8. Verse 8:

   فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا8

   He will be judged with an easy account

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9. Verse 9:

   وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا9

   And return to his people in happiness.

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10. Verse 10:

    وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ10

    But as for he who is given his record behind his back,

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11. Verse 11:

    فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًا11

    He will cry out for destruction

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12. Verse 12:

    وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا12

    And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

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13. Verse 13:

    إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا13

    Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;

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14. Verse 14:

    إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ14

    Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allāh].

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15. Verse 15:

    بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًا15

    But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever, of him, Seeing.

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16. Verse 16:

    فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ16

    So I swear by the twilight glow

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17. Verse 17:

    وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ17

    And [by] the night and what it envelops

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18. Verse 18:

    وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ18

    And [by] the moon when it becomes full

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19. Verse 19:

    لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ19

    [That] you will surely embark upon [i.e., experience] state after state.^{note 1893}

    Notes, Verse 19

    [1893] i.e., various stages, both in this life and in the Hereafter.

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20. Verse 20:

    فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ20

    So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,

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21. Prostration of recitation

    Verse 21:

    وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩21

    And when the Qur’ān is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allāh]?

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22. Verse 22:

    بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ22

    But those who have disbelieved deny,

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23. Verse 23:

    وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ23

    And Allāh is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.

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24. Verse 24:

    فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ24

    So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

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25. Verse 25:

    إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ25

    Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.

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