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سُورَةُ الْاِنْشِقَاقِ مَكِّيَّةٌ آيَاتُهَا ٢٥

Surah Al-Inshiqaq English Translation & Transliteration

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بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Verses 1–10

10 verses

Al-Inshiqaq 1

Al-Inshiqaq 2

Al-Inshiqaq 3

Al-Inshiqaq 4

Al-Inshiqaq 5

Al-Inshiqaq 6

Al-Inshiqaq 7

Al-Inshiqaq 8

Al-Inshiqaq 9

Al-Inshiqaq 10

اِذَا السَّمَٓاءُ انْشَقَّتْۙ ۝١ وَاَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْۙ ۝٢ وَاِذَا الْاَرْضُ مُدَّتْۙ ۝٣ وَاَلْقَتْ مَا ف۪يهَا وَتَخَلَّتْۙ ۝٤ وَاَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْۜ ۝٥ يَٓا اَيُّهَا الْاِنْسَانُ اِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ اِلٰى رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَاق۪يهِۚ ۝٦ فَاَمَّا مَنْ اُو۫تِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَم۪ينِه۪ۙ ۝٧ فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَس۪يرًاۙ ۝٨ وَيَنْقَلِبُ اِلٰٓى اَهْلِه۪ مَسْرُورًاۜ ۝٩ وَاَمَّا مَنْ اُو۫تِيَ كِتَابَهُ وَرَٓاءَ ظَهْرِه۪ۙ ۝١٠

Mushaf

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1İẕe-ssemâü-nşeḳḳat.

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2Veeẕinet lirabbihâ veḥuḳḳat.

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3Veiẕe-lʾarḍu müddet.

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4Veelḳat mâ fîhâ veteḫallet.

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5Veeẕinet lirabbihâ veḥuḳḳat.

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6Yâ eyyühe-lʾinsânü inneke kâdiḥun ilâ rabbike kedḥan femülâḳîh.

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7Feemmâ men ûtiye kitâbehû biyemînih.

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8Fesevfe yüḥâsebü ḥisâbey yesîrâ.

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9Veyenḳalibü ilâ ehlihî mesrûrâ.

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10Veemmâ men ûtiye kitâbehû verâe żahrih.

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1When the sky is split and torn apart,

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2and so will have submitted to its Lord's command,

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3when the earth is leveled flat,

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4when it casts out everything within it and is emptied,

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5it too will have submitted to its Lord's command.

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6O human being, racing at full speed toward your Lord along the path of life, have no doubt that you will surely meet Him.

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7On that day, whoever is given his book from the right side

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8will be called to account with a very easy reckoning,

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9and will return joyfully to his family in Paradise.

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10But whoever is given his book from behind

Verses 11–15

5 verses

Al-Inshiqaq 11

Al-Inshiqaq 12

Al-Inshiqaq 13

Al-Inshiqaq 14

Al-Inshiqaq 15

فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُو ثُبُورًاۙ ۝١١ وَيَصْلٰى سَع۪يرًاۜ ۝١٢ اِنَّهُ كَانَ ف۪ٓي اَهْلِه۪ مَسْرُورًا ۝١٣ اِنَّهُ ظَنَّ اَنْ لَنْ يَحُورَۚۛ ۝١٤ بَلٰىۚۛ اِنَّ رَبَّهُ كَانَ بِه۪ بَص۪يرًاۜ ۝١٥

Mushaf

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11Fesevfe yedʿû ŝübûrâ.

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12Veyaṣlâ seʿîrâ.

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13İnnehû kâne fî ehlihî mesrûrâ.

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14İnnehû żanne el ley yeḥûr.

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15Belâ. inne rabbehû kâne bihî beṣîrâ.

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11will cry out for death and extinction,

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12but, having no way out, he will end up in the blazing Fire.

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13Yet in the past he was very happy among his supporters.

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14He never thought it possible that one day he would come before his Lord for the reckoning.

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15Yes, he certainly would return!/And so he has returned; for his Lord was always watching him.

Verses 16–22

7 verses

Al-Inshiqaq 16

Al-Inshiqaq 17

Al-Inshiqaq 18

Al-Inshiqaq 19

Al-Inshiqaq 20

Al-Inshiqaq 21

Al-Inshiqaq 22

فَلَٓا اُقْسِمُ بِالشَّفَقِۙ ۝١٦ وَالَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَۙ ۝١٧ وَالْقَمَرِ اِذَا اتَّسَقَۙ ۝١٨ لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَنْ طَبَقٍۜ ۝١٩ فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَۙ ۝٢٠ وَاِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقُرْاٰنُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَۜ ۝٢١ بَلِ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا يُكَذِّبُونَۘ ۝٢٢

Mushaf

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16Felâ uḳsimü bişşefeḳ.

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17Velleyli vemâ veseḳa.

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18Velḳameri iẕe-tteseḳa.

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19Leterkebünne ṭabeḳan ʿan ṭabaḳ.

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20Femâ lehüm lâ yüʾminûn.

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21Veiẕâ ḳurie ʿaleyhimü-lḳurʾânü lâ yescüdûn.

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22Beli-lleẕîne keferû yükeẕẕibûn.

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16No more needs saying: I call to witness the twilight hour,

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17and the night and all that it envelops and records,

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18and the moon when it is full,

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19that you are advancing step by step toward the destined end.

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20What, then, is the matter with them that they do not believe in this truth?

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21And why do they not accept the Quran when it is recited to them?

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22On the contrary, the disbelievers who cover up the truths persist in denying the revelation.

Verses 23–24

2 verses

Al-Inshiqaq 23

Al-Inshiqaq 24

وَاللّٰهُ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَۘ ۝٢٣ فَبَشِّرْهُمْ بِعَذَابٍ اَل۪يمٍۙ ۝٢٤

Mushaf

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23Vellâhü aʿlemü bimâ yûʿûn.

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24Febeşşirhüm biʿaẕâbin elîm.

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23Yet Allah knows very well what secret schemes they harbor.

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24So inform them of a painful punishment.

Verse 25

1 verse

Al-Inshiqaq 25

اِلَّا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَهُمْ اَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ ۝٢٥

Mushaf

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25İlle-lleẕîne âmenû veʿamilu-ṣṣâliḥâti lehüm ecrun gayru memnûn.

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25Except for those who believe and do good and beautiful deeds. An unceasing reward awaits them.

The translation is the Turkish translation by Mustafa Çavdar, in English where it has been translated. Verse groups and the group translation are from the Turkish translation by Mustafa Çevik.

The Arabic text follows the orthography of the mushafs printed in Turkey. Transliteration: Muhammet Abay, “Çeviriyazı”.

In the order of revelation, before this surah came Al-Infitar, and after it Ar-Rum . All surahs in order of revelation