Surah Al-Inshiqaq for Kids
سورة الإنشقاق
The Sundering · 25 ayat · Juz 30 · Makki
What is Surah Al-Inshiqaq about?
The sky and earth listen and obey their Lord. We are all working our way toward meeting Allah, and the good person returns to their family full of joy. Surah Al-Inshiqaq is surah 84, a Makki surah of 25 ayat in Juz 30, and number 32 in the Noor Garden kids' path.
Surah Al-Inshiqaq full text with English translation
Uthmani Arabic text with the Sahih International English translation under each ayah.
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
- 1
إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ
When the sky has split [open]
- 2
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
And has listened [i.e., responded] to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
- 3
وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ
And when the earth has been extended
- 4
وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it].
- 5
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
And has listened [i.e., responded] to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -
- 6
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًۭا فَمُلَـٰقِيهِ
O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.
- 7
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ
Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,
- 8
فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًۭا يَسِيرًۭا
He will be judged with an easy account
- 9
وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًۭا
And return to his people in happiness.
- 10
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
- 11
فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًۭا
He will cry out for destruction
- 12
وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
- 13
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
- 14
إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allāh].
- 15
بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًۭا
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever, of him, Seeing.
- 16
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ
So I swear by the twilight glow
- 17
وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ
And [by] the night and what it envelops
- 18
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
- 19
لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍۢ
[That] you will surely embark upon [i.e., experience] state after state.
- 20
فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,
- 21
وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩
And when the Qur’ān is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allāh]?
- 22
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ
But those who have disbelieved deny,
- 23
وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ
And Allāh is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
- 24
فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
- 25
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ
Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.
Surah Al-Inshiqaq word by word
Every word of the surah with its pronunciation and English meaning, in reading order.
| Arabic | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| إِذَا | idhā | When |
| ٱلسَّمَآءُ | l-samāu | the sky |
| ٱنشَقَّتْ | inshaqqat | is split asunder |
| وَأَذِنَتْ | wa-adhinat | And has listened |
| لِرَبِّهَا | lirabbihā | to its Lord |
| وَحُقَّتْ | waḥuqqat | and was obligated |
| وَإِذَا | wa-idhā | And when |
| ٱلْأَرْضُ | l-arḍu | the earth |
| مُدَّتْ | muddat | is spread |
| وَأَلْقَتْ | wa-alqat | And has cast out |
| مَا | mā | what |
| فِيهَا | fīhā | (is) in it |
| وَتَخَلَّتْ | watakhallat | and becomes empty |
| وَأَذِنَتْ | wa-adhinat | And has listened |
| لِرَبِّهَا | lirabbihā | to its Lord |
| وَحُقَّتْ | waḥuqqat | and was obligated |
| يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا | yāayyuhā | O |
| ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ | l-insānu | mankind |
| إِنَّكَ | innaka | Indeed, you |
| كَادِحٌ | kādiḥun | (are) laboring |
| إِلَىٰ | ilā | to |
| رَبِّكَ | rabbika | your Lord |
| كَدْحًۭا | kadḥan | (with) exertion |
| فَمُلَـٰقِيهِ | famulāqīhi | and you (will) meet Him |
| فَأَمَّا | fa-ammā | Then as for |
| مَنْ | man | (him) who |
| أُوتِىَ | ūtiya | is given |
| كِتَـٰبَهُۥ | kitābahu | his record |
| بِيَمِينِهِۦ | biyamīnihi | in his right (hand) |
| فَسَوْفَ | fasawfa | Then soon |
| يُحَاسَبُ | yuḥāsabu | his account will be taken |
| حِسَابًۭا | ḥisāban | an account |
| يَسِيرًۭا | yasīran | easy |
| وَيَنقَلِبُ | wayanqalibu | And he will return |
| إِلَىٰٓ | ilā | to |
| أَهْلِهِۦ | ahlihi | his people |
| مَسْرُورًۭا | masrūran | happily |
| وَأَمَّا | wa-ammā | But as for |
| مَنْ | man | (him) who |
| أُوتِىَ | ūtiya | is given |
| كِتَـٰبَهُۥ | kitābahu | his record |
| وَرَآءَ | warāa | behind |
| ظَهْرِهِۦ | ẓahrihi | his back |
| فَسَوْفَ | fasawfa | Then soon |
| يَدْعُوا۟ | yadʿū | he will call |
| ثُبُورًۭا | thubūran | (for) destruction |
| وَيَصْلَىٰ | wayaṣlā | And he will burn |
| سَعِيرًا | saʿīran | (in) a Blaze |
| إِنَّهُۥ | innahu | Indeed, he |
| كَانَ | kāna | had been |
| فِىٓ | fī | among |
| أَهْلِهِۦ | ahlihi | his people |
| مَسْرُورًا | masrūran | happy |
| إِنَّهُۥ | innahu | Indeed, he |
| ظَنَّ | ẓanna | (had) thought |
| أَن | an | that |
| لَّن | lan | never |
| يَحُورَ | yaḥūra | he would return |
| بَلَىٰٓ | balā | Yes |
| إِنَّ | inna | Indeed |
| رَبَّهُۥ | rabbahu | his Lord |
| كَانَ | kāna | was |
| بِهِۦ | bihi | of him |
| بَصِيرًۭا | baṣīran | All-Seer |
| فَلَآ | falā | But nay |
| أُقْسِمُ | uq'simu | I swear |
| بِٱلشَّفَقِ | bil-shafaqi | by the twilight glow |
| وَٱلَّيْلِ | wa-al-layli | And the night |
| وَمَا | wamā | and what |
| وَسَقَ | wasaqa | it envelops |
| وَٱلْقَمَرِ | wal-qamari | And the moon |
| إِذَا | idhā | when |
| ٱتَّسَقَ | ittasaqa | it becomes full |
| لَتَرْكَبُنَّ | latarkabunna | You will surely embark |
| طَبَقًا | ṭabaqan | (to) stage |
| عَن | ʿan | from |
| طَبَقٍۢ | ṭabaqin | stage |
| فَمَا | famā | So what |
| لَهُمْ | lahum | (is) for them |
| لَا | lā | not |
| يُؤْمِنُونَ | yu'minūna | they believe |
| وَإِذَا | wa-idhā | And when |
| قُرِئَ | quri-a | is recited |
| عَلَيْهِمُ | ʿalayhimu | to them |
| ٱلْقُرْءَانُ | l-qur'ānu | the Quran |
| لَا | lā | not |
| يَسْجُدُونَ ۩ | yasjudūna | they prostrate |
| بَلِ | bali | Nay |
| ٱلَّذِينَ | alladhīna | Those who |
| كَفَرُوا۟ | kafarū | disbelieved |
| يُكَذِّبُونَ | yukadhibūna | deny |
| وَٱللَّهُ | wal-lahu | And Allah |
| أَعْلَمُ | aʿlamu | (is) most knowing |
| بِمَا | bimā | of what |
| يُوعُونَ | yūʿūna | they keep within themselves |
| فَبَشِّرْهُم | fabashir'hum | so give them tidings |
| بِعَذَابٍ | biʿadhābin | of a punishment |
| أَلِيمٍ | alīmin | painful |
| إِلَّا | illā | Except |
| ٱلَّذِينَ | alladhīna | those who |
| ءَامَنُوا۟ | āmanū | believe |
| وَعَمِلُوا۟ | waʿamilū | and do |
| ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ | l-ṣāliḥāti | righteous deeds |
| لَهُمْ | lahum | For them |
| أَجْرٌ | ajrun | (is) a reward |
| غَيْرُ | ghayru | never |
| مَمْنُونٍۭ | mamnūnin | ending |
How to memorize Surah Al-Inshiqaq
- Listen: press “Start learning” and listen to Mishary Alafasy recite Surah Al-Inshiqaq three times while following the Arabic text.
- Practice each ayah: in Practice mode every ayah repeats ×3, ×5 or ×7 with an echo pause, so your child says it back out loud.
- Learn it in parts: with 25 ayat, split it into 5 parts of 5 ayat and only move on when the current part is solid.
- Memorize levels: each level hides more words until your child can recite the whole surah from memory.
- Puzzles: put the words of each ayah back in order to check the memorization, then review it tomorrow before starting the next surah.
Surah Al-Inshiqaq facts
- Surah number
- 84
- Ayat
- 25
- Revelation
- Makki (Makkah)
- Juz
- 30
- In the Mushaf
- Page 589
- Position in Noor Garden path
- 32 of 49
- Reciter
- Mishary Rashid Alafasy
Questions parents ask
What is the lesson of Surah Al-Inshiqaq for kids?
The sky and earth listen and obey their Lord. We are all working our way toward meeting Allah, and the good person returns to their family full of joy. Read the meaning of each ayah above, then talk with your child about one way to live this lesson today.
How long does it take a child to memorize Surah Al-Inshiqaq?
Surah Al-Inshiqaq has 25 ayat. With 25 ayat it is best learned in 5 parts of 5 ayat. Many children take several weeks, one part at a time with daily review. Steady practice matters more than speed.
Is Surah Al-Inshiqaq Makki or Madani?
Surah Al-Inshiqaq is a Makki surah, which means it was revealed in Makkah, before the Hijrah. It is surah number 84 in the order of the Mushaf and is found in Juz 30.
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Arabic text and word meanings via Quran.com · Translation: Sahih International · Recitation: Mishary Rashid Alafasy.