سُوْرَةُ الاِنْشِقَاقِ

Surah Al-Inshiqaaq (84) — Ayah 2

The Splitting Open · Meccan · Juz 30 · Page 589

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ ﴿2﴾
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
وَأَذِنَتْ wa-adhinat And has listened
لِرَبِّهَا lirabbihā to its Lord
وَحُقَّتْ waḥuqqat and was obligated

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(Ayah 2){ وَ اَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَ حُقَّتْ: ’’ اَذِنَتْ ‘‘} (S) To listen attentively, to listen carefully, that is, it will listen carefully and obey. In the same way, as soon as the earth hears the command, it will throw out everything that is in it. {’’ حُقَّتْ ‘‘ ’’هُوَحَقِيْقٌ بِكَذَا أَوْ مَحْقُوْقٌ بِكَذَا‘‘} is derived from this, meaning it is worthy of this thing. Its passive subject is the pronoun of {’’ السَّمَآءُ ‘‘}. Baydawi said: {’’ حُقَّتْ ‘‘ أَيْ جُعِلَتْ حَقِيْقَةً بِالْاِسْتِمَاعِ وَالْاِنْقِيَادِ۔‘‘} Zamakhshari said: {’’ وَ هِيَ حَقِيْقَةٌ بِأَنْ تَنْقَادَ وَلَا تَمْتَنِعَ۔‘‘} The earth and the heavens, upon hearing Allah's command, do not even dare to refuse obedience; it is only man who neither listens attentively to Allah's commands nor obeys.

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2. 1. That is, it is befitting for it to listen and obey, because He is dominant over all and all are under His authority. Who has the power to disobey His command?

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2. And it will obey its Lord's command, as it rightly should. [1]

[1] The meaning of ﴿اَذنَ لَهٗ﴾ is to listen to someone's command or statement attentively or to listen with focus so that the command may be obeyed immediately. It should be noted that, except for jinn and humans, all things in the universe are always ready to comply with the creative command of Allah Almighty. They have not been given the choice to disobey the command; in other words, the obedience of these things is involuntary. The meaning is that when the sky is commanded to split, it will do so without any hesitation or objection.