Surah 084 of 114

سورة الإنشقاق

Al-Inshiqaaq

25 verses

Ayat 1

إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ.(1)

When the sky has split [open](1) [Al-Inshiqaaq: 1]

Understanding of the Ayah Tafseer · Jalalain

When the heaven is rent asunder,

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References

  1. Tafseer — Jalalain
  2. Translation — Sahih International
  3. Hadith collections — 4 entries

Ayat 2

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ.(2)

And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so](2) [Al-Inshiqaaq: 2]

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and heeds, gives ear to and, in rending itself asunder, obeys, its Lord as it should, that is, as its duty is to heed and obey,

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References

  1. Tafseer — Jalalain
  2. Translation — Sahih International

Ayat 3

وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ.(3)

And when the earth has been extended(3) [Al-Inshiqaaq: 3]

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and when the earth is stretched out, [when] its width is increased, just as a piece of leather is stretched, so that no edifice or mountain remains upon it,

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References

  1. Tafseer — Jalalain
  2. Translation — Sahih International

Ayat 4

وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ.(4)

And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it](4) [Al-Inshiqaaq: 4]

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and casts out all that is in it, of the dead, onto its surface, and empties itself, thereof,

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References

  1. Tafseer — Jalalain
  2. Translation — Sahih International
  3. Hadith collections — 3 entries

Ayat 5

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ.(5)

And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -(5) [Al-Inshiqaaq: 5]

Understanding of the Ayah Tafseer · Jalalain

and heeds, [and] in this respect, gives ear to and obeys, its Lord, as it should: all of this will be on the Day of Resurrection (the response to idhā, ‘when’, and [to] all that is supplemented thereto, has been omitted; but it is indicated by what follows it, and is implied to be [something like] laqiya’l-insānu ‘amalahu, ‘man will encounter his deeds’).

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References

  1. Tafseer — Jalalain
  2. Translation — Sahih International

Ayat 6

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًۭا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ.(6)

O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.(6) [Al-Inshiqaaq: 6]

Understanding of the Ayah Tafseer · Jalalain

O man! Verily you are labouring, exerting your efforts, toward, the encounter with, your Lord, that is, death, laboriously, and you will encounter it, that is, you will encounter your mentioned good or evil deeds on the Day of Resurrection.

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References

  1. Tafseer — Jalalain
  2. Translation — Sahih International
  3. Hadith collections — 12 entries

Ayat 7

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ.(7)

Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,(7) [Al-Inshiqaaq: 7]

Understanding of the Ayah Tafseer · Jalalain

Then as for him who is given his book, the record of his deeds, in his right hand — and this is the believer —

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References

  1. Tafseer — Jalalain
  2. Translation — Sahih International
  3. Hadith collections — 3 entries

Ayat 8

فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًۭا يَسِيرًۭا.(8)

He will be judged with an easy account(8) [Al-Inshiqaaq: 8]

Understanding of the Ayah Tafseer · Jalalain

he will receive an easy reckoning, which [simply] entails the presentation of his deeds to him, as in the hadīth of the two Sahīhs [of Bukhārī and Muslim] — in which there is also [a hadīth saying], ‘He who is
reckoned with at length, will be destined for perdition’ — and after this presentation [of his deeds to the believer] he will be excused,

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References

  1. Tafseer — Jalalain
  2. Translation — Sahih International
  3. Hadith collections — 4 entries

Ayat 9

وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًۭا.(9)

And return to his people in happiness.(9) [Al-Inshiqaaq: 9]

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and return to his family, in Paradise, joyful, because of it.

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References

  1. Tafseer — Jalalain
  2. Translation — Sahih International
  3. Hadith collections — 9 entries

Ayat 10

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ.(10)

But as for he who is given his record behind his back,(10) [Al-Inshiqaaq: 10]

Understanding of the Ayah Tafseer · Jalalain

But as for him who is given his book from behind his back — and this is the disbeliever, whose right hand is chained to his neck and whose left hand, by which

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References

  1. Tafseer — Jalalain
  2. Translation — Sahih International
  3. Hadith collections — 1 entries

Ayat 11

فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًۭا.(11)

He will cry out for destruction(11) [Al-Inshiqaaq: 11]

Understanding of the Ayah Tafseer · Jalalain

he will pray, upon seeing what is in it, for annihilation, he will invoke destruction against himself by saying: yā thabūrāh, ‘O annihilation [of mine]!’,

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References

  1. Tafseer — Jalalain
  2. Translation — Sahih International
  3. Hadith collections — 1 entries

Ayat 12

وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا.(12)

And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.(12) [Al-Inshiqaaq: 12]

Understanding of the Ayah Tafseer · Jalalain

and he will enter the Blaze, an intense fire (a variant reading [for yaslā, ‘he will enter’] has yusallā, ‘he will be admitted’).

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References

  1. Tafseer — Jalalain
  2. Translation — Sahih International
  3. Hadith collections — 4 entries

Ayat 13

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا.(13)

Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;(13) [Al-Inshiqaaq: 13]

Understanding of the Ayah Tafseer · Jalalain

Indeed among his folk, his clan, in the world, he used to be joyful, wanton, lusting after his desires;

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References

  1. Tafseer — Jalalain
  2. Translation — Sahih International

Ayat 14

إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ.(14)

Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].(14) [Al-Inshiqaaq: 14]

Understanding of the Ayah Tafseer · Jalalain

: indeed he thought that (an: softened in place of the hardened form, with its subject omitted, that is to say, annahu) he would never return, to his Lord.

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References

  1. Tafseer — Jalalain
  2. Translation — Sahih International

Ayat 15

بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًۭا.(15)

But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.(15) [Al-Inshiqaaq: 15]

Understanding of the Ayah Tafseer · Jalalain

Nay!, he will return to Him; indeed his Lord is ever Seer of him, knowing that he would return to Him.

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References

  1. Tafseer — Jalalain
  2. Translation — Sahih International
  3. Hadith collections — 1 entries

Ayat 16

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ.(16)

So I swear by the twilight glow(16) [Al-Inshiqaaq: 16]

Understanding of the Ayah Tafseer · Jalalain

So I swear (fa-lā: lā is extra) by the twilight (al-shafaq), the reddishness visible in the horizon after the
sunset,

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References

  1. Tafseer — Jalalain
  2. Translation — Sahih International

Ayat 17

وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ.(17)

And [by] the night and what it envelops(17) [Al-Inshiqaaq: 17]

Understanding of the Ayah Tafseer · Jalalain

and [by] the night and what it envelops, [what] it brings together of creatures and otherwise that have entered into it,

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References

  1. Tafseer — Jalalain
  2. Translation — Sahih International
  3. Hadith collections — 1 entries

Ayat 18

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ.(18)

And [by] the moon when it becomes full(18) [Al-Inshiqaaq: 18]

Understanding of the Ayah Tafseer · Jalalain

and [by] the moon when it is at the full, and its light is complete, and this happens during the nights of the full moon:

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References

  1. Tafseer — Jalalain
  2. Translation — Sahih International
  3. Hadith collections — 8 entries

Ayat 19

لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍۢ.(19)

[That] you will surely experience state after state.(19) [Al-Inshiqaaq: 19]

Understanding of the Ayah Tafseer · Jalalain

you will surely journey (tarkabunna is actually tarkabūnanna, but the nūn of the indicative has been omitted because of two identical letters following one another, and the wāw [is omitted] because of two unvocalised consonants coming together), from stage to stage, state after state, namely, death, then life, then what comes afterwards of the states at the Resurrection.

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References

  1. Tafseer — Jalalain
  2. Translation — Sahih International
  3. Hadith collections — 4 entries

Ayat 20

فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ.(20)

So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,(20) [Al-Inshiqaaq: 20]

Understanding of the Ayah Tafseer · Jalalain

So what is wrong with them, that is, the disbelievers, that they do not have faith, that is to say, what is there to prevent them from [embracing] faith; or what argument do they have for neglecting it despite the existence of proofs for it,

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References

  1. Tafseer — Jalalain
  2. Translation — Sahih International

Ayat 21

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩.(21)

And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?(21) [Al-Inshiqaaq: 21]

Understanding of the Ayah Tafseer · Jalalain

Prostrate: out of respect and humble gratitude to Allah.

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  1. Tafseer — Jalalain
  2. Translation — Sahih International
  3. Hadith collections — 1 entries

Ayat 22

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ.(22)

But those who have disbelieved deny,(22) [Al-Inshiqaaq: 22]

Understanding of the Ayah Tafseer · Jalalain

Nay, but the disbelievers deny, resurrection and other matters,

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References

  1. Tafseer — Jalalain
  2. Translation — Sahih International
  3. Hadith collections — 1 entries

Ayat 23

وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ.(23)

And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.(23) [Al-Inshiqaaq: 23]

Understanding of the Ayah Tafseer · Jalalain

and God knows best what they are amassing, accumulating in their scrolls, in the way of disbelief, denial 737 and evil deeds.

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References

  1. Tafseer — Jalalain
  2. Translation — Sahih International
  3. Hadith collections — 1 entries

Ayat 24

فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ.(24)

So give them tidings of a painful punishment,(24) [Al-Inshiqaaq: 24]

Understanding of the Ayah Tafseer · Jalalain

So give them good tidings, inform them, of a painful chastisement,

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References

  1. Tafseer — Jalalain
  2. Translation — Sahih International
  3. Hadith collections — 1 entries

Ayat 25

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ.(25)

Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.(25) [Al-Inshiqaaq: 25]

Understanding of the Ayah Tafseer · Jalalain

except those who believe and perform righteous deeds: theirs will be an unfailing reward, one that is unending, undiminished and not given to them in expectancy of anything in return. Meccan, consisting of 22 verses.

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References

  1. Tafseer — Jalalain
  2. Translation — Sahih International
  3. Hadith collections — 4 entries

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