Surah 84 of 114 · Makki
Surah Al-Inshiqaaq (The Splitting Open)
سُورَةُ الانشِقَاقِ
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ
إِذَاidhāWhenٱلسَّمَآءُl-samāuthe skyٱنشَقَّتْinshaqqatis split asunder
When the sky has split [open]
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وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
وَأَذِنَتْwa-adhinatAnd has listenedلِرَبِّهَاlirabbihāto its Lordوَحُقَّتْwaḥuqqatand was obligated
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
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وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ
وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenٱلْأَرْضُl-arḍuthe earthمُدَّتْmuddatis spread
And when the earth has been extended
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وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ
وَأَلْقَتْwa-alqatAnd has cast outمَاmāwhatفِيهَاfīhā(is) in itوَتَخَلَّتْwatakhallatand becomes empty
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
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وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
وَأَذِنَتْwa-adhinatAnd has listenedلِرَبِّهَاlirabbihāto its Lordوَحُقَّتْwaḥuqqatand was obligated
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
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يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًۭا فَمُلَـٰقِيهِ
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānumankindإِنَّكَinnakaIndeed, youكَادِحٌkādiḥun(are) laboringإِلَىٰilātoرَبِّكَrabbikayour Lordكَدْحًۭاkadḥan(with) exertionفَمُلَـٰقِيهِfamulāqīhiand you (will) meet Him
O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it
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فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ
فَأَمَّاfa-ammāThen as forمَنْman(him) whoأُوتِىَūtiyais givenكِتَـٰبَهُۥkitābahuhis recordبِيَمِينِهِۦbiyamīnihiin his right (hand)
Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand
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فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًۭا يَسِيرًۭا
فَسَوْفَfasawfaThen soonيُحَاسَبُyuḥāsabuhis account will be takenحِسَابًۭاḥisābanan accountيَسِيرًۭاyasīraneasy
He will be judged with an easy account
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وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًۭا
وَيَنقَلِبُwayanqalibuAnd he will returnإِلَىٰٓilātoأَهْلِهِۦahlihihis peopleمَسْرُورًۭاmasrūranhappily
And return to his people in happiness
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وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ
وَأَمَّاwa-ammāBut as forمَنْman(him) whoأُوتِىَūtiyais givenكِتَـٰبَهُۥkitābahuhis recordوَرَآءَwarāabehindظَهْرِهِۦẓahrihihis back
But as for he who is given his record behind his back
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فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًۭا
فَسَوْفَfasawfaThen soonيَدْعُوا۟yadʿūhe will callثُبُورًۭاthubūran(for) destruction
He will cry out for destruction
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وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا
وَيَصْلَىٰwayaṣlāAnd he will burnسَعِيرًاsaʿīran(in) a Blaze
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze
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إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا
إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, heكَانَkānahad beenفِىٓfīamongأَهْلِهِۦahlihihis peopleمَسْرُورًاmasrūranhappy
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness
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إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ
إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, heظَنَّẓanna(had) thoughtأَنanthatلَّنlanneverيَحُورَyaḥūrahe would return
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah]
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بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًۭا
بَلَىٰٓbalāYesإِنَّinnaIndeedرَبَّهُۥrabbahuhis Lordكَانَkānawasبِهِۦbihiof himبَصِيرًۭاbaṣīranAll-Seer
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing
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فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ
فَلَآfalāBut nayأُقْسِمُuq'simuI swearبِٱلشَّفَقِbil-shafaqiby the twilight glow
So I swear by the twilight glow
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وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ
وَٱلَّيْلِwa-al-layliAnd the nightوَمَاwamāand whatوَسَقَwasaqait envelops
And [by] the night and what it envelops
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وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ
وَٱلْقَمَرِwal-qamariAnd the moonإِذَاidhāwhenٱتَّسَقَittasaqait becomes full
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
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لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍۢ
لَتَرْكَبُنَّlatarkabunnaYou will surely embarkطَبَقًاṭabaqan(to) stageعَنʿanfromطَبَقٍۢṭabaqinstage
[That] you will surely experience state after state
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فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
فَمَاfamāSo whatلَهُمْlahum(is) for themلَاlānotيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnathey believe
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe
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وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩
وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenقُرِئَquri-ais recitedعَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuto themٱلْقُرْءَانُl-qur'ānuthe Quranلَاlānotيَسْجُدُونَ ۩yasjudūnathey prostrate
And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]
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بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ
بَلِbaliNayٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelievedيُكَذِّبُونَyukadhibūnadeny
But those who have disbelieved deny
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وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allahأَعْلَمُaʿlamu(is) most knowingبِمَاbimāof whatيُوعُونَyūʿūnathey keep within themselves
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves
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فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
فَبَشِّرْهُمfabashir'humso give them tidingsبِعَذَابٍbiʿadhābinof a punishmentأَلِيمٍalīminpainful
So give them tidings of a painful punishment
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إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ
إِلَّاillāExceptٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieveوَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand doٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥātirighteous deedsلَهُمْlahumFor themأَجْرٌajrun(is) a rewardغَيْرُghayruneverمَمْنُونٍۭmamnūninending
Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted