سُورَةُ الانشِقَاقِ
Surah Al-Inshiqaq (The Splitting Open) – Arabic, Translation & Audio
Surah Al-Inshiqaq is the 84th surah (chapter) of the Quran. Its name means “The Splitting Open”. It has 25 ayahs (verses), is a Meccan surah (revealed in Makkah) and is found in Juz 30 of the Quran. Below you can read the full Arabic text with English translation and transliteration, and listen to each ayah.
| Surah number | 84 of 114 |
|---|---|
| Arabic name | الإنشقاق |
| English meaning | The Splitting Open |
| Number of ayahs | 25 |
| Revelation | Meccan (Makkah) |
| Order of revelation | 83 (traditional chronology) |
| Juz (part) | 30 |
| Mushaf pages | 589 (604-page Madinah mushaf) |
| Verses of prostration | 84:21 |
| Begins with Bismillah | Yes – recited before ayah 1 (not numbered) |
Read Surah Al-Inshiqaq in Arabic with English translation
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ ﴿١﴾
Izas samaaa'un shaqqat
When the heaven is split asunder
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ ﴿٢﴾
Wa azinat li Rabbihaa wa huqqat
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ ﴿٣﴾
Wa izal ardu muddat
And when the earth is spread out
وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ ﴿٤﴾
Wa alqat maa feehaa wa takhallat
And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ ﴿٥﴾
Wa azinat li Rabbihaa wa huqqat
And attentive to her Lord in fear!
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًۭا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ ﴿٦﴾
Yaaa ayyuhal insaanu innaka kaadihun ilaa Rabbika kad han famulaaqeeh
Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence).
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ ﴿٧﴾
Fa ammaa man ootiya kitaabahoo biyameenih
Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًۭا يَسِيرًۭا ﴿٨﴾
Fasawfa yuhaasabu hi saabai yaseeraa
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًۭا ﴿٩﴾
Wa yanqalibu ilaaa ahlihee masrooraa
And will return unto his folk in joy.
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ ﴿١٠﴾
Wa ammaa man ootiya kitaabahoo waraaa'a zahrih
But whoso is given his account behind his back,
فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًۭا ﴿١١﴾
Fasawfa yad'oo subooraa
He surely will invoke destruction
وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا ﴿١٢﴾
Wa yaslaa sa'eeraa
And be thrown to scorching fire.
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا ﴿١٣﴾
Innahoo kaana feee ahlihee masrooraa
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ ﴿١٤﴾
Innahoo zanna al lai yahoor
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًۭا ﴿١٥﴾
Balaaa inna Rabbahoo kaana bihee baseeraa
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ ﴿١٦﴾
Falaaa uqsimu bishshafaq
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ ﴿١٧﴾
Wallaili wa maa wasaq
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ ﴿١٨﴾
Walqamari izat tasaq
And by the moon when she is at the full,
لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍۢ ﴿١٩﴾
Latarkabunna tabaqan 'an tabaq
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿٢٠﴾
Famaa lahum laa yu'minoon
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩ ﴿٢١﴾
Wa izaa quri'a 'alaihimul Quraanu laa yasjudoon
And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah)?
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ ﴿٢٢﴾
Balil lazeena kafaroo yukazziboon
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾
Wallaahu a'lamu bimaa yoo'oon
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ ﴿٢٤﴾
Fabashshirhum bi'azaabin aleem
So give them tidings of a painful doom,
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ ﴿٢٥﴾
Illal lazeena aamanoo wa 'amilus saalihaati lahum ajrun ghairu mamnoon
Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.
Arabic text: Uthmani script (Tanzil). English translation: Marmaduke Pickthall (1930, public domain). Transliteration: English transliteration from the Al Quran Cloud API, in a simple English spelling (it writes the Arabic letter dhal as “z”, while the duas on this site write it as “dh”). Audio: Mishary Rashid Alafasy. A translation conveys the meaning of the Quran; it is not the Quran itself.
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