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When the heaven is rent asunder
and heeds gives ear to and in rending itself asunder obeys its Lord as it should that is as its duty is to heed and obey
and when the earth is stretched out when its width is increased just as a piece of leather is stretched so that no edifice or mountain remains upon it
and casts out all that is in it of the dead onto its surface and empties itself thereof
and heeds and in this respect gives ear to and obeys its Lord as it should all of this will be on the Day of Resurrection the response to idhā ‘when’ and to all that is supplemented thereto has been o...
O man! Verily you are labouring exerting your efforts toward the encounter with your Lord that is death laboriously and you will encounter it that is you will encounter your mentioned good or evil dee...
Then as for him who is given his book the record of his deeds in his right hand — and this is the believer —
he will receive an easy reckoning which simply entails the presentation of his deeds to him as in the hadīth of the two Sahīhs of Bukhārī and Muslim — in which there is also a hadīth saying ‘He who is...
and return to his family in Paradise joyful because of it.
But as for him who is given his book from behind his back — and this is the disbeliever whose right hand is chained to his neck and whose left hand by which he is given the book is placed behind his b...
he will pray upon seeing what is in it for annihilation he will invoke destruction against himself by saying yā thabūrāh ‘O annihilation of mine!’
and he will enter the Blaze an intense fire a variant reading for yaslā ‘he will enter’ has yusallā ‘he will be admitted’.
Indeed among his folk his clan in the world he used to be joyful wanton lusting after his desires;
indeed he thought that an softened in place of the hardened form with its subject omitted that is to say annahu he would never return to his Lord.
Nay! he will return to Him; indeed his Lord is ever Seer of him knowing that he would return to Him.
Related Hadiths
"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prostrated during: 'When the heaven is split asunder.'"
“I heard that the Messenger of Allah saying: ‘Whoever is interrogated during the reckoning, then he will ruined.’ I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! Allah, Blessed is He and Most High, said: ‘As for him w...
The moon was split (into two pieces).
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said," (On the Day of Resurrection) any one whose account will be taken will be ruined (i.e. go to Hell)." I said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! May Allah make me be sacrificed for ...
(regarding the revelation) Truly he (Muhammad) did see of the signs of his Lord; the Greatest!' (53.18) The Prophet (ﷺ) saw a green screen covering the horizon.
He who is taken to account on the Day of Resurrection is in fact put to torment. I said: Has Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, not said this: 'He will be made subject to an easy reckoning" (Ixxxiv. 8)?...
(Give to one) who is on the right, then again who is on the right.
`Aisha said, "The Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'Anybody whose account (record) is questioned will surely be punished.' I said, 'Doesn't Allah say: 'He surely will receive an easy reckoning?' (84.8) The Prophet ...
"Lo! Indeed your Lord is not blind in one eye, and indeed he is blind in one eye; his right eye is as if it is a floating grape."
Abu Huraira recited before them:" hen the heaven burst asunder" (al-Qur'an, lxxxiv. 1) and performed prostration. After completing (the prayer) he informed them that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) has pro...
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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,
إِذَا السَّمَآءُ انشَقَّتْ
(When the heaven is split asunder.) and he prostrated during its recitation. Then when he completed the prayer, he informed them that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prostrated during its recitation. This was recorded by Muslim and An-Nasa'i on the authority of Malik. Al-Bukhari recorded from Abu Rafi` that he prayed the Night prayer with Abu Hurayrah) recited,
إِذَا السَّمَآءُ انشَقَّتْ
(When the heaven is split asunder.) then he prostrated. So Abu Rafi` said something to him about it (questioning it). Abu Hurayrah replied, "I prostrated behind Abul-Qasim (the Prophet ), and I will never cease prostrating during its recitation until I meet him."
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Splitting the Heavens asunder and stretching the Earth forth on the Day of Resurrection
Allah says,
إِذَا السَّمَآءُ انشَقَّتْ
(When the heaven is split asunder,) This refers to the Day of Judgement.
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا
(And listens to and obeys its Lord) meaning, it listens to its Lord and obeys His command to split apart. This will occur on the Day of Judgement.
وَحُقَّتْ
(and it must do so.) meaning, it is right for it to obey the command of its Lord, because it is great and cannot be rejected, nor overcome. Rather it overpowers everything and everything is submissive to it. Then Allah says,
وَإِذَا الاٌّرْضُ مُدَّتْ
(And when the earth is stretched forth,) meaning, when the earth is expanded, spread out and extended. Then He says,
وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ
(And has cast out all that was in it and became empty.) meaning, it throws out the dead inside of it, and it empties itself of them. This was said by Mujahid, Sa`id, and Qatadah.
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
(And listens to and obeys its Lord, and it must do so.) The explanation of this is the same as what has preceded.
The Recompense for Deeds is True
Allah says,
يأَيُّهَا الإِنسَـنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَى رَبِّكَ كَدْحاً
(O man! Verily, you are returning towards your Lord with your deeds and actions, a sure returning,) meaning, `verily you are hastening to your Lord and working deeds.'
فَمُلَـقِيهِ
(and you will meet.) `Then you will meet that which you did of good or evil.' A proof for this is what Abu Dawud At-Tayalisi recorded from Jabir, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,
«قَالَ جِبْرِيلُ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، عِشْ مَا شِئْتَ فَإِنَّكَ مَيِّتٌ، وَأَحْبِبْ (مَنْ) شِئْتَ فَإِنَّكَ مُفَارِقُهُ، وَاعْمَلْ مَا شِئْتَ فَإِنَّكَ مُلَاقِيه»
(Jibril said, "O Muhammad! Live how you wish, for verily you will die; love what you wish, for verily you will part with it; and do what you wish, for verily you will meet it (your deed).) There are some people who refer the pronoun back to the statement "your Lord." Thus, they hold the Ayah to mean, "and you will meet your Lord." This means that He will reward you for your work, and pay you for your efforts. Therefore, both of these two views are connected. Al-`Awfi recorded from Ibn `Abbas that he said explaining,
يأَيُّهَا الإِنسَـنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَى رَبِّكَ كَدْحاً
(O man! Verily, you are returning towards your Lord with your deeds and actions, a sure returning,) "Whatever deed you do, you will meet Allah with it, whether it is good or bad."
The Presentation and the Discussion that will take place during the Reckoning
Then Allah says,
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـبَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ - فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَاباً يَسِيراً
(Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand, he surely, will receive an easy reckoning,) (84:7-8) meaning, easy without any difficulty. This means that he will not be investigated for all the minute details of his deeds. For verily, whoever is reckoned like that, he will certainly be destroyed. Imam Ahmad recorded from `A'ishah that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,
«مَنْ نُوقِشَ الْحِسَابَ عُذِّب»
(Whoever is interrogated during the reckoning, then he will be punished.) `A'ishah then said, "But didn't Allah say,
فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَاباً يَسِيراً
(He surely will receive an easy reckoning,)" The Prophet replied,
«لَيْسَ ذَاكِ بِالْحِسَابِ، وَلَــكِنْ ذلِكِ الْعَرْضُ، مَنْ نُوقِشَ الْحِسَابَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عُذِّب»
(That is not during to the Reckoning, rather it is referring to the presentation. Whoever is interrogated during the Reckoning on the Day of Judgement, then he will be punished.) This Hadith has also been recorded by Al-Bukhari, Muslim, At-Tirmidhi, An-Nasa'i and Ibn Jarir. In reference to Allah's statement,
وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُوراً
(And will return to his family Masrur!) This means that he will return to his family in Paradise. This was said by Qatadah and Ad-Dahhak. They also said, "Masrur means happy and delighted by what Allah has given him." Allah said;
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـبَهُ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِ
(But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,) meaning, he will be given his Book in his left hand, behind his back, while his hand is bent behind him.
فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُو ثُبُوراً
(He will invoke destruction,) meaning, loss and destruction.
وَيَصْلَى سَعِيراً - إِنَّهُ كَانَ فِى أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُوراً
(And he shall enter a blazing Fire, and made to taste its burning. Verily, he was among his people in joy!) meaning, happy. He did not think about the consequences, nor feared what (future) was in front of him. His light happiness will be followed by long grief.
إِنَّهُ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ
(Verily, he thought that he would never return!) meaning, he used to believe that he would not return to Allah, nor would Allah bring him back (to life) after his death. This was said by Ibn `Abbas, Qatadah and others. Allah then says,
بَلَى إِنَّ رَبَّهُ كَانَ بِهِ بَصِيراً
(Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!) meaning, certainly Allah will repeat his creation just as he began his creation, and He will reward him based upon his deeds, whether they were good or bad. He was ever watchful of him, meaning All-Knowing and All-Aware.