Ayas 1-5
What does Inshiqaq mean?
The Sundering (to split/break apart)
What does Insaan mean?
What do disbelievers deny?
That Allah is always watching, all-knowing
What does Al-Qamar mean?
The moon
Who persists in rejecting the truth?
Disbelievers
Where was this surah revealed?
Mecca
Right hand: believers who go to Jannah
Left-hand: disbelievers who are punished
What will disbelievers do when they are given the record in their left hand?
Call out for their destruction/beg for death
What does "الشفق" mean?
Twilight
What do the disbelievers NOT do when the Quran is recited?
Prostrate/Sujood
What is it about?
Qiyamah
Why do disbelievers willingly enter the Hellfire?
Their bodies go against them, they do not have a choice.
What does سَعِيرًا mean?
Blazing fire
What 3 things does Allah swear by?
1. The sunset
2. The night
3. The moon
Recite Aya 23
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What's the first sign revealed?
The sky bursts/splits open
Say the next aya: فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًۭا يَسِيرًۭا (they will have an easy reckoning)...
وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًۭا (and return to their people joyfully)
Explain the meaning of ayas 13: Verily, he was among his people in joy.
The disbeliever in their worldly life lived carelessly with their family
Their happiness and comfort was short-lived and superficial because it was rooted in carelessness
They were oblivious to their fate in the afterlife living with a false sense of security
What does the day/night cycle represent for humans?
The stages of life (birth, life, death)
In Aya 25, what does Allah promise righteous believers?
A reward that will never end
What does 'ٱلْأَرْضُ' (Al-Ardu) mean?
"The Earth"
Origin of the word 'Insaan'?
Nasiya: meaning ‘to forget’ so one of the meanings of this beginning is ‘Oh forgetful human being’
Recite ayas 11-15
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Explain the interpretation/meaning of this (Aya 17): "And by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness"
Allah swears by the night and whatever it gathers, as night encompasses everything within it
As the red sky fades, night follows—just as life inevitably leads to death
This verse instills fear in disbelievers, as it reminds them that they cannot escape death’s reach
Meaning/interpretation of aya 23
And Allah knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds
The disbelievers have no valid reason to reject the truth and to not submit to Allah (swt) when they hear the Quran
Allah is almost challenging the disbelievers by saying that they may show openly that they are disbelievers but only He knows that deep inside they know the truth