This page contains the Arabic text, audio recitation, and English translation of Surah Al-Inshiqaq (The Splitting Asunder).
إِذَا ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ ٱنشَقَّتۡ
﴿١﴾
When the sky has split [open](1)
Tafseer:
وَأَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡ
﴿٢﴾
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so](2)
Tafseer:
وَإِذَا ٱلۡأَرۡضُ مُدَّتۡ
﴿٣﴾
And when the earth has been extended(3)
Tafseer:
وَأَلۡقَتۡ مَا فِیهَا وَتَخَلَّتۡ
﴿٤﴾
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it](4)
Tafseer:
وَأَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡ
﴿٥﴾
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -(5)
Tafseer:
یَـٰۤأَیُّهَا ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدۡحࣰا فَمُلَـٰقِیهِ
﴿٦﴾
O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.(6)
Tafseer:
فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِیَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِیَمِینِهِۦ
﴿٧﴾
Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,(7)
Tafseer:
فَسَوۡفَ یُحَاسَبُ حِسَابࣰا یَسِیرࣰا
﴿٨﴾
He will be judged with an easy account(8)
Tafseer:
وَیَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰۤ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورࣰا
﴿٩﴾
And return to his people in happiness.(9)
Tafseer:
وَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِیَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ وَرَاۤءَ ظَهۡرِهِۦ
﴿١٠﴾
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,(10)
Tafseer:
فَسَوۡفَ یَدۡعُواْ ثُبُورࣰا
﴿١١﴾
He will cry out for destruction(11)
Tafseer:
وَیَصۡلَىٰ سَعِیرًا
﴿١٢﴾
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.(12)
Tafseer:
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِیۤ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورًا
﴿١٣﴾
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;(13)
Tafseer:
إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن یَحُورَ
﴿١٤﴾
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].(14)
Tafseer:
بَلَىٰۤۚ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِیرࣰا
﴿١٥﴾
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.(15)
Tafseer:
فَلَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ
﴿١٦﴾
So I swear by the twilight glow(16)
Tafseer:
وَٱلَّیۡلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ
﴿١٧﴾
And [by] the night and what it envelops(17)
Tafseer:
وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ
﴿١٨﴾
And [by] the moon when it becomes full(18)
Tafseer:
لَتَرۡكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقࣲ
﴿١٩﴾
[That] you will surely experience state after state.(19)
Tafseer:
فَمَا لَهُمۡ لَا یُؤۡمِنُونَ
﴿٢٠﴾
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,(20)
Tafseer:
وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَیۡهِمُ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ لَا یَسۡجُدُونَ ۩
﴿٢١﴾
And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?(21)
Tafseer:
بَلِ ٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُواْ یُكَذِّبُونَ
﴿٢٢﴾
But those who have disbelieved deny,(22)
Tafseer:
وَٱللَّهُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا یُوعُونَ
﴿٢٣﴾
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.(23)
Tafseer:
فَبَشِّرۡهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِیمٍ
﴿٢٤﴾
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,(24)
Tafseer:
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمۡ أَجۡرٌ غَیۡرُ مَمۡنُونِۭ
﴿٢٥﴾
Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.(25)
Tafseer: