Surah Al-Inshiqaq (84): Arabic, Transliteration and English

Full text of Surah Al-Inshiqaq, verse by verse

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ ﴿١﴾

Izas samaaa'un shaqqat

1 When the sky has split [open]

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ ﴿٢﴾

Wa azinat li Rabbihaa wa huqqat

2 And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]

وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ ﴿٣﴾

Wa izal ardu muddat

3 And when the earth has been extended

وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ ﴿٤﴾

Wa alqat maa feehaa wa takhallat

4 And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ ﴿٥﴾

Wa azinat li Rabbihaa wa huqqat

5 And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًۭا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ ﴿٦﴾

Yaaa ayyuhal insaanu innaka kaadihun ilaa Rabbika kad han famulaaqeeh

6 O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ ﴿٧﴾

Fa ammaa man ootiya kitaabahoo biyameenih

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

فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًۭا يَسِيرًۭا ﴿٨﴾

Fasawfa yuhaasabu hi saabai yaseeraa

8 He will be judged with an easy account

وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًۭا ﴿٩﴾

Wa yanqalibu ilaaa ahlihee masrooraa

9 And return to his people in happiness.

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ ﴿١٠﴾

Wa ammaa man ootiya kitaabahoo waraaa'a zahrih

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

فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًۭا ﴿١١﴾

Fasawfa yad'oo subooraa

11 He will cry out for destruction

وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا ﴿١٢﴾

Wa yaslaa sa'eeraa

12 And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا ﴿١٣﴾

Innahoo kaana feee ahlihee masrooraa

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

إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ ﴿١٤﴾

Innahoo zanna al lai yahoor

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

بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًۭا ﴿١٥﴾

Balaaa inna Rabbahoo kaana bihee baseeraa

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

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ ﴿١٦﴾

Falaaa uqsimu bishshafaq

16 So I swear by the twilight glow

وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ ﴿١٧﴾

Wallaili wa maa wasaq

17 And [by] the night and what it envelops

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ ﴿١٨﴾

Walqamari izat tasaq

18 And [by] the moon when it becomes full

لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍۢ ﴿١٩﴾

Latarkabunna tabaqan 'an tabaq

19 [That] you will surely experience state after state.

فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿٢٠﴾

Famaa lahum laa yu'minoon

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

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩ ﴿٢١﴾

Wa izaa quri'a 'alaihimul Quraanu laa yasjudoon

21 And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ ﴿٢٢﴾

Balil lazeena kafaroo yukazziboon

22 But those who have disbelieved deny,

وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾

Wallaahu a'lamu bimaa yoo'oon

23 And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.

فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ ﴿٢٤﴾

Fabashshirhum bi'azaabin aleem

24 So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ ﴿٢٥﴾

Illal lazeena aamanoo wa 'amilus saalihaati lahum ajrun ghairu mamnoon

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

Sources: Arabic text in Uthmani script (Tanzil edition); English translation: Saheeh International; transliteration in standard Latin letters. Transliteration helps with pronunciation but cannot render every Arabic letter.