This page contains the Arabic text, audio recitation, and English - Yusuf Ali translation of Surah Al-Inshiqaq (The Splitting Asunder).
إِذَا ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ ٱنشَقَّتۡ
﴿١﴾
When the sky is rent asunder,(1)
Tafseer:
وَأَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡ
﴿٢﴾
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, and it must needs (do so);-(2)
Tafseer:
وَإِذَا ٱلۡأَرۡضُ مُدَّتۡ
﴿٣﴾
And when the earth is flattened out,(3)
Tafseer:
وَأَلۡقَتۡ مَا فِیهَا وَتَخَلَّتۡ
﴿٤﴾
And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) empty,(4)
Tafseer:
وَأَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡ
﴿٥﴾
And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord,- and it must needs (do so);- (then will come Home the full reality).(5)
Tafseer:
یَـٰۤأَیُّهَا ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدۡحࣰا فَمُلَـٰقِیهِ
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O thou man! Verily thou art ever toiling on towards thy Lord- painfully toiling,- but thou shalt meet Him.(6)
Tafseer:
فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِیَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِیَمِینِهِۦ
﴿٧﴾
Then he who is given his Record in his right hand,(7)
Tafseer:
فَسَوۡفَ یُحَاسَبُ حِسَابࣰا یَسِیرࣰا
﴿٨﴾
Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,(8)
Tafseer:
وَیَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰۤ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورࣰا
﴿٩﴾
And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!(9)
Tafseer:
وَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِیَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ وَرَاۤءَ ظَهۡرِهِۦ
﴿١٠﴾
But he who is given his Record behind his back,-(10)
Tafseer:
فَسَوۡفَ یَدۡعُواْ ثُبُورࣰا
﴿١١﴾
Soon will he cry for perdition,(11)
Tafseer:
وَیَصۡلَىٰ سَعِیرًا
﴿١٢﴾
And he will enter a Blazing Fire.(12)
Tafseer:
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِیۤ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورًا
﴿١٣﴾
Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing!(13)
Tafseer:
إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن یَحُورَ
﴿١٤﴾
Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)!(14)
Tafseer:
بَلَىٰۤۚ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِیرࣰا
﴿١٥﴾
Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of him!(15)
Tafseer:
فَلَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ
﴿١٦﴾
So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset;(16)
Tafseer:
وَٱلَّیۡلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ
﴿١٧﴾
The Night and its Homing;(17)
Tafseer:
وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ
﴿١٨﴾
And the Moon in her fullness:(18)
Tafseer:
لَتَرۡكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقࣲ
﴿١٩﴾
Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.(19)
Tafseer:
فَمَا لَهُمۡ لَا یُؤۡمِنُونَ
﴿٢٠﴾
What then is the matter with them, that they believe not?-(20)
Tafseer:
وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَیۡهِمُ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ لَا یَسۡجُدُونَ ۩
﴿٢١﴾
And when the Qur'an is read to them, they fall not prostrate,(21)
Tafseer:
بَلِ ٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُواْ یُكَذِّبُونَ
﴿٢٢﴾
But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).(22)
Tafseer:
وَٱللَّهُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا یُوعُونَ
﴿٢٣﴾
But Allah has full knowledge of what they secrete (in their breasts)(23)
Tafseer:
فَبَشِّرۡهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِیمٍ
﴿٢٤﴾
So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,(24)
Tafseer:
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمۡ أَجۡرٌ غَیۡرُ مَمۡنُونِۭ
﴿٢٥﴾
Except to those who believe and work righteous deeds: For them is a Reward that will never fail.(25)
Tafseer: