084- AL-INSHIQAQ
THE SUNDERING
Chronologically al-Inshiqāq most likely follows Sūrah 82, al-Infiṭār, making it one of the last sūrahs to be revealed in Makkah. It takes its name from the mention of the sky being rent asunder in the first verse and is also known as Inshaqqat, “Rent Asunder”. As a thematic thread, Sūrah 82 alludes to the guardian angels who write one’s deeds in a book (82:10–12), Sūrah 83, al-Muṭaf ifīn, contrasts the book of the profligate (83:7) with the book of the pious (83:18), and this sūrah contrasts the reactions of those who receive their book in the right hand (v. 7), with those who receive it from behind their backs (v. 10) on the Day of Resurrection.
The sūrah begins with allusions to events that will transpire on the Day of Judgment (vv. 1–5) and then contrasts those who will have a joyful reckoning with those who will not (vv. 6–15), followed by a series of oaths (vv. 16–18) that lead into a confirmation of the great disparity between the final ends of the believers and the disbelievers (vv. 19–25).
(source: “The Study Quran” a new translation and commentary by Seyyed Hossein Nasr)
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