Surah 84

الإنشقاق

Al-Inshiqaq

The Sundering

Meccan25 Ayahs
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Surah

Which was revealed in Makkah The Prostration of Recitation in Surat Al-Inshiqaq It is reported from Abu Salamah that while leading them in prayer, Abu Hurayrah recited, (When the heaven is split asunder.) and he prostrated during its.

Classical references: Ibn Kathir (Abridged).

Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged) (84:1).

Last reviewed: 2026-04-10.

This is a short orientation note and does not replace full tafsir.

84:1
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When the sky has split [open]

84:2
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And has listened [i.e., responded]1 to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]

84:3
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And when the earth has been extended1

84:4
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And has cast out that within it1 and relinquished [it].

84:5
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And has listened [i.e., responded] to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -

84:6
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O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion1 and will meet it.2

84:7
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Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,

84:8
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He will be judged with an easy account

84:9
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And return to his people in happiness.

84:10
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But as for he who is given his record behind his back,

84:11
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He will cry out for destruction

84:12
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And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

84:13
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Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;

84:14
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Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allāh].

84:15
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But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever, of him, Seeing.

84:16
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So I swear by the twilight glow

84:17
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And [by] the night and what it envelops

84:18
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And [by] the moon when it becomes full

84:19
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[That] you will surely embark upon [i.e., experience] state after state.1

84:20
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So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,

84:21
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And when the Qur’ān is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allāh]?

84:22
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But those who have disbelieved deny,

84:23
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And Allāh is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.

84:24
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So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

84:25
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Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.