Al-Mukhtasar · Tafsir · in English
الإنشقاق
Al-Inshiqaq
The Sundering · Meccan · 25 ayahs
When the sky ruptures because of the angels descending from it.
84:2Page 589
وَأَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡ ٢
And has listened [i.e., responded]1 to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
And listens submissively to its Lord, as it rightly should.
When the earth is stretched by Allah as leather is stretched.
84:4Page 589
وَأَلۡقَتۡ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتۡ ٤
And has cast out that within it1 and relinquished [it]
And throws out the treasures and the dead in it and becomes rid of them.
84:5Page 589
وَأَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡ ٥
And has listened [i.e., responded] to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] –
And listens submissively to its Lord, as it rightly should.
84:6Page 589
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدۡحٗا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ ٦
O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion1 and will meet it.2
O man, you are either doing good or evil and you will meet it on the Day of Judgment, so that Allah can give you the recompense for that.
84:7Page 589
فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ ٧
Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,
Since Allah mentioned man’s action in brief, he details the condition of those who did action on the day of judgment by saying: As for him who is given his book of deeds in his right hand.
He will have an easy reckoning by Allah and his actions will be presented to Him without his being taken to task.
And he will return to his family delighted.
84:10Page 589
وَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهۡرِهِۦ ١٠
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
As for him who is given his book in his left hand behind his back.
He will call out for destruction to himself.
And he will enter the fire of Hell to suffer from its heat.
84:13Page 589
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِيٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورًا ١٣
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
In the world he was amongst his family rejoicing with his acts of disbelief and sins.
84:14Page 589
إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ ١٤
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allāh].
He thought that he will not come back to life after death.
84:15Page 589
بَلَىٰٓۚ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرٗا ١٥
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever, of him, Seeing.
Indeed, Allah will bring him back to life just as He created him the first time. His Lord was watchful of his condition. Nothing of that was hidden from Him and He will give him the recompense for his actions.
Allah took an oath by the redness that is in the horizon after the sun sets.
And He took an oath by the night and what is gathered therein.
And the moon when it comes together and is complete becoming a full moon.
84:19Page 589
لَتَرۡكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٖ ١٩
[That] you will surely embark upon [i.e., experience] state after state.1
You, O man, will mount one state after another from a drop, then a clot, then a piece of flesh, then life, then death and then resurrection.
84:20Page 589
فَمَا لَهُمۡ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٢٠
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,
What is the matter with these disbelievers who do not have faith in Allah and the last day?!
84:21Page 589
وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ لَا يَسۡجُدُونَۤ۩ ٢١
And when the Qur’ān is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allāh]?
When the Qur’ān is recited to them, they do not prostrate to their Lord?!
In fact, those who disbelieve reject what their messengers brought to them.
84:23Page 589
وَٱللَّهُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ ٢٣
And Allāh is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
Allah knows well what is contained in their hearts. Nothing of their actions is hidden from Him.
Tell them, O Messenger, about a painful punishment that awaits them.
84:25Page 589
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمۡ أَجۡرٌ غَيۡرُ مَمۡنُونِۭ ٢٥
Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.
Except those who have faith in Allah and do good deeds, for them is a reward that will never terminate: Paradise.
Text: Quranic Universal Library (Tarteel), via spa5k/tafsir_api (MIT), at a fixed version. The ayahs: Quran Foundation. Sources and licences