The Meaning of the Saying of Allah the Exalted: When the Sky Splits

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The Shaykh:
May Allah greet you and bless you.

The questioner:
This questioner says: In Surat al-Inshiqaq, when one says "I seek refuge"

in Allah from Satan, the expelled [from His mercy].

بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ

[An-Nahl 16:98]

In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

[Al-Fatihah 1:1]

, if, if

the sky has split [open] ⁽²⁾ And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]

السَّمَاءُ انشَقَّتْ وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

[Al-Inshiqaq 84:1-2]

, what is the meaning of these verses? And what is the relevance of this surah?

The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. The saying of Allah the Exalted

When the sky has split [open]

إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انشَقَّتْ

[Al-Inshiqaq 84:1]

means that at the Hour, the sky will split and burst open, as He, Mighty and Majestic, said:

When the sky breaks apart

إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انفَطَرَتْ

[Al-Infitar 82:1]

This is among the events of the Hour, for Allah, Mighty and Majestic, changes the heavens and the earth, as He, Glorified and Exalted is He, said:

[It will be] on the Day the earth will be replaced by another earth, and the heavens [as well], and all creatures will come out before Allah, the One, the Prevailing.

يَوْمَ تُبَدَّلُ الْأَرْضُ غَيْرَ الْأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَاوَاتُ وَبَرَزُوا لِلَّهِ الْوَاحِدِ الْقَهَّارِ

[Ibrahim 14:48]

So this is among the tremendous events of the Day of Resurrection. We ask Allah for steadfastness on that Day and for death upon Islam. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you,

Source نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/116 — archive.org (0:58)

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