Al-Inshiqaq 84
The Splitting AsunderHow to read the Hangul
الرَّحْمَٰنِ르r라흐마니 بِسْمِ비스밀
- Bold = the stressed syllable of the word; a little stronger.
- Overline = long vowel (madd): hold it about two beats. Length matters most in recitation.
- Tiny = no vowel in the Arabic here — just the consonant, short.
- Small Latin letter = a sound Korean lacks, on the next syllable: f upper teeth on lower lip · θ/ð tongue tip between the teeth · r rolled tongue tip (a bare ㄹ is l).
How to read the Hangul
beginning the Christ salvation
- Bold, larger (ˈ) = say it strong and a little longer — the stressed syllable.
- Faint = weak and short (a reduced vowel). Don't give every syllable equal weight.
- Tiny 으 · 트 · 스 = barely voiced. English has no vowel there — stop on the consonant.
- Whole word faint (the, of, and, to…) = light and quick in a sentence; stress the content words.
- Small f v θ ð r = sounds Korean doesn't have — f: upper teeth on the lower lip; v: the same, voiced; θ/ð: tongue tip between the teeth; r: tongue curled back, touching nothing.
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About this surah
Classified as revealed in the Meccan period, this surah opens with the sky splitting open and the earth spreading out and casting forth what is within it, both listening to their Lord as they must. It then addresses man: you are labouring toward your Lord with great toil, and you will meet Him. Whoever receives his record in his right hand will have an easy reckoning and return to his family in happiness, while whoever receives it behind his back will cry out for destruction and burn in a Blaze, having thought he would never return. Swearing by the twilight glow, the night and the full moon, the surah declares that people will pass from stage to stage. It ends by asking why some do not believe or prostrate when the Quran is recited, and promises a reward that is never cut off to those who believe and do good.
- Sky and earth obey
- Toiling toward the Lord
- Records: right hand, back
- From stage to stage
- An unending reward
The name The name comes from verse 1, which opens with the sky splitting open.
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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1
إِذَا이ð닷 السَّمَاءُ사마운 انْشَقَّتْ샥까트
When the sky splits open,
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2
وَأَذِنَتْ와아ð디나트 لِرَبِّهَا리r랍비하 وَحُقَّتْ와훅까트
and listens to its Lord, as it rightly must,
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3
وَإِذَا와이ð달 الْأَرْضُ아r르두 مُدَّتْ뭇다트
and when the earth is spread out,
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4
وَأَلْقَتْ와알까트 مَا마 فِيهَاf피하 وَتَخَلَّتْ와타칼라트
and casts out what is within it and becomes empty,
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5
وَأَذِنَتْ와아ð디나트 لِرَبِّهَا리r랍비하 وَحُقَّتْ와훅까트
and listens to its Lord, as it rightly must,
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6
يَا야 أَيُّهَا아이유할 الْإِنْسَانُ인사누 إِنَّكَ인나카 كَادِحٌ카디훈 إِلَىٰ일라 رَبِّكَr랍비카 كَدْحًا카드한 فَمُلَاقِيهِf파물라끼흐
O man, indeed you are labouring toward your Lord with [great] toil, and you will meet Him.
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7
فَأَمَّاf파암마 مَنْ만 أُوتِيَ우티야 كِتَابَهُ키타바후 بِيَمِينِهِ비야미니흐
Then as for the one who is given his record in his right hand,
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8
فَسَوْفَf파사우f파 يُحَاسَبُ유하사부 حِسَابًا히사반 يَسِيرًا야시r라
he will be judged with an easy account,
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9
وَيَنْقَلِبُ와얀깔리부 إِلَىٰ일라 أَهْلِهِ아흘리히 مَسْرُورًا마스r루r라
and will return to his people in happiness.
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10
وَأَمَّا와암마 مَنْ만 أُوتِيَ우티야 كِتَابَهُ키타바후 وَرَاءَ와r라아 ظَهْرِهِð다흐r리흐
But as for the one who is given his record behind his back,
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11
فَسَوْفَf파사우f파 يَدْعُو야드우 ثُبُورًاθ수부r라
he will cry out for destruction,
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12
وَيَصْلَىٰ와야슬라 سَعِيرًا사이r라
and will burn in a Blaze.
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13
إِنَّهُ인나후 كَانَ카나 فِيf피 أَهْلِهِ아흘리히 مَسْرُورًا마스r루r라
Indeed he used to be among his people in happiness.
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14
إِنَّهُ인나후 ظَنَّð단나 أَنْ알 لَنْ란 يَحُورَ야후r르
Indeed he thought he would never return.
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15
بَلَىٰ발라 إِنَّ인나 رَبَّهُr랍바후 كَانَ카나 بِهِ비히 بَصِيرًا바시r라
Yes indeed! His Lord was ever watching him.
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16
فَلَاf팔라 أُقْسِمُ욱시무 بِالشَّفَقِ빗샤f팍
So I swear by the twilight glow,
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17
وَاللَّيْلِ왈라일리 وَمَا와마 وَسَقَ와삭
and the night and what it envelops,
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18
وَالْقَمَرِ왈까마r리 إِذَا이ð닷 اتَّسَقَ타삭
and the moon when it becomes full,
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19
لَتَرْكَبُنَّ라타r르카분나 طَبَقًا따바깐 عَنْ안 طَبَقٍ따박
you will surely pass from stage to stage.
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20
فَمَاf파마 لَهُمْ라훔 لَا라 يُؤْمِنُونَ유으미눈
So what is the matter with them that they do not believe,
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21
وَإِذَا와이ð다 قُرِئَ꾸r리아 عَلَيْهِمُ알라이히물 الْقُرْآنُ꾸r르아누 لَا라 يَسْجُدُونَ야스주둔 ۩
and do not fall prostrate when the Quran is recited to them?
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22
بَلِ발릴 الَّذِينَ라ð디나 كَفَرُوا카f파r루 يُكَذِّبُونَ유캇ð디분
Rather, those who disbelieve deny,
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23
وَاللَّهُ왈라후 أَعْلَمُ아을라무 بِمَا비마 يُوعُونَ유운
and God knows best what they keep within [themselves].
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24
فَبَشِّرْهُمْf파밧시r르훔 بِعَذَابٍ비아ð다빈 أَلِيمٍ알림
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
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25
إِلَّا일랄 الَّذِينَ라ð디나 آمَنُوا아마누 وَعَمِلُوا와아밀룻 الصَّالِحَاتِ살리하티 لَهُمْ라훔 أَجْرٌ아즈r룬 غَيْرُ가이r루 مَمْنُونٍ맘눈
except those who believe and do righteous deeds; for them is a reward that is never cut off.