Surah Al-Inshiqaq

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Surah Al-Inshiqaq is the 84th chapter of the Quran, a Meccan surah that vividly describes the events of the Day of Judgment and the ultimate fate of human beings.


Statements (45)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Meccan surah
Quranic surah
addresses human responsibility before God
addressesAudience all humanity
ArabicTitle سورة الانشقاق
associatedWith early Meccan period of revelation
centralMessage every soul will be recompensed for what it has done
chapterNumberInQuran 84
classification Makki
contains verses of prostration according to some scholars
containsRhetoricalQuestions true
contrasts the fate of the righteous and the wicked
describes cosmic upheaval at the end of the world
the earth stretching and casting out its burdens
the sky splitting apart
emphasizes inevitability of meeting Allah
record of deeds
followedBy Surah Al-Buruj
hasProstrationVerse verse 21
juz 30
language Arabic
meaningOfName The Splitting Asunder
mentions people receiving their record behind their back
people receiving their record in the right hand
name Al-Inshiqaq
numberOfVerses 25
openingVerse Idha al-samaa’unshaqqat
partOf Quran
placeOfRevelation Mecca
precededBy Surah Al-Mutaffifin
recitationMerit reflection on the Hereafter
recitationRecommendedIn voluntary night prayers
religiousTextOf Islam
remindsOf certainty of resurrection
divine justice
revealedBeforeHijraToMedina true
style vivid eschatological imagery
theme Day of Judgment
accountability of human beings
final destiny of the soul
resurrection
reward and punishment
transliteration Sūrat al-Inshiqāq
verseStyle short evocative verses
warnsAgainst denial of the Hereafter

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Surah Al-Inshiqaq ("سورة الانشقاق")
ArabicTitle
Quran
hasPart
Surah Al-Buruj
precededBy
Surah Al-Inshiqaq ("Sūrat al-Inshiqāq")
transliteration

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