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سُورَةُ الانشِقَاقِ

The Split
Bismillah
84:1
إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتۡ ١
When the Sky will be rent apart,
84:2
وَأَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡ ٢
and will listen [to and obey the Command of] its Lord, as it must [do];
84:3
وَإِذَا ٱلۡأَرۡضُ مُدَّتۡ ٣
and when the Earth will be flattened out,
84:4
وَأَلۡقَتۡ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتۡ ٤
and it [Earth] will cast forth what is within it and becomes [clean] empty,
84:5
وَأَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡ ٥
and it will listen to [and obey the Command of] its Lord, as it must [do];
84:6
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدۡحٗا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ ٦
O You Man! Verily, you are ever toiling on, painfully, towards your Lord — until you meet Him.
84:7
فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ ٧
Then he who is given his Record in his right hand,
84:8
فَسَوۡفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابٗا يَسِيرٗا ٨
soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,
84:9
وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورٗا ٩
and he will turn to his people, rejoicing!
84:10
وَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهۡرِهِۦ ١٠
But he who is given his Record from behind his back,
84:11
فَسَوۡفَ يَدۡعُواْ ثُبُورٗا ١١
soon will he cry for destruction,
84:12
وَيَصۡلَىٰ سَعِيرًا ١٢
and he will burn in a Blazing Fire.
84:13
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِيٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورًا ١٣
Truly, he used to go about among his people, rejoicing!
84:14
إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ ١٤
Truly, he thought that he would never have to return [to Allāh, after death]!
84:15
بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرٗا ١٥
Nay! His Lord was [ever] watchful over him!
84:16
فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ ١٦
So, I do swear by the reddish glow of Sunset;
84:17
وَٱلَّيۡلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ ١٧
the Night and its homing;
84:18
وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ ١٨
and the Moon in her fullness:
84:19
لَتَرۡكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٖ ١٩
Verily, you shall travel from stage to stage.
84:20
فَمَا لَهُمۡ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٢٠
What then is the matter with them [the Rejecters], that they believe not?
84:21
وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ لَا يَسۡجُدُونَۤ۩ ٢١
And when the Qur’ān is recited to them, they fall not prostrate [to Allāh].
84:22
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ يُكَذِّبُونَ ٢٢
But, on the contrary, the Rejecters disbelieve [it].
84:23
وَٱللَّهُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ ٢٣
Allāh has full knowledge of what they retain [in their minds]
84:24
فَبَشِّرۡهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ ٢٤
So announce to them a Punishment painful,
84:25
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمۡ أَجۡرٌ غَيۡرُ مَمۡنُونِۭ ٢٥
except to those who believe and do righteous deeds: For them is a Reward, complete [and limitless].

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First published in August 2023, this translation is available in two Hard bound editions. One comes with Parallel Arabic-English Texts and the other is the English only version. In December 2025 we had published the third edition of both versions, alhamdulillah.

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