AL INSHIQAQ (THE BREAKING APART)
(Revealed at Mecca – contains 25 verses – 1 section)
Allah – beginning with the name of – the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
| AYAT | TRANSLATION |
|---|---|
| 1 | إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انشَقَّتْ |
| When the heaven breaks apart. | |
| 2 | وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ |
| And it listens to the command of its Lord – and that befits it. | |
| 3 | وَإِذَا الْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ |
| And when the earth is spread out. | |
| 4 | وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ |
| And it unburdens itself of all that is in it, and becomes empty. | |
| 5 | وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ |
| And it listens to the command of its Lord – and that befits it. | |
| 6 | يَا أَيُّهَا الْإِنسَانُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَاقِيهِ |
| O man, indeed you have to surely run towards your Lord, and to meet him. | |
| 7 | فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ |
| So whoever is given his record of deeds in his right hand – | |
| 8 | فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا |
| Soon an easy account will be taken from him. | |
| 9 | وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا |
| And he will return to his family rejoicing. | |
| 10 | وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ وَرَاءَ ظَهْرِهِ |
| And whoever is given his record of deeds behind his back – | |
| 11 | فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُو ثُبُورًا |
| Soon he will pray for death. | |
| 12 | وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا |
| And will go into the blazing fire. | |
| 13 | إِنَّهُ كَانَ فِي أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا |
| Indeed he used to rejoice in his home. | |
| 14 | إِنَّهُ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ |
| He assumed that he does not have to return. | |
| 15 | بَلَىٰ إِنَّ رَبَّهُ كَانَ بِهِ بَصِيرًا |
| Surely yes, why not? Indeed his Lord is seeing him. | |
| 16 | فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالشَّفَقِ |
| So by oath of the late evening’s light. | |
| 17 | وَاللَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ |
| And by oath of the night and all that gathers in it. | |
| 18 | وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا اتَّسَقَ |
| And by oath of the moon when it is full. | |
| 19 | لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ |
| You will surely go up level by level. | |
| 20 | فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ |
| What is the matter with them that they do not accept faith? | |
| 21 | وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقُرْآنُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩ |
| And when the Qur’an is recited to them, they do not fall prostrate? (Command of Prostration # 13) | |
| 22 | بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يُكَذِّبُونَ |
| In fact the disbelievers keep denying. | |
| 23 | وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ |
| And Allah well knows what they conceal in their hearts. | |
| 24 | فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ |
| Therefore give them the glad tidings of a painful punishment. | |
| 25 | إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ |
| Except those who believed and did good deeds – for them is a reward that will never end. | |