سُوْرَةُ عَبَسَ
Surah Abasa (80) — Ayah 26
ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا ﴿26﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And We split the earth in clefts.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
شَقَقْنَا
shaqaqnā
We cleaved
ٱلْأَرْضَ
l-arḍa
the earth
شَقًّۭا
shaqqan
splitting
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim — Hafiz Abdus Salam Bin Muhammad Bhutvi
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim is a 4-volume Quran commentary by Hafiz Abdus Salam bin Muhammad Bhutvi, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar and Sheikh ul-Hadith from Pakistan. Based on over 45 years of teaching and research, this tafsir follows the methodology of Tafsir bil-Ma'thur — interpreting the Quran through authentic Hadith, statements of the Companions, and the understanding of the early generations (Salaf). It is distinguished by its complete avoidance of Israeliyyat (Judeo-Christian narratives) and unverified reports. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
(Ayah 26){ ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا الْاَرْضَ شَقًّا : ’’ شَقًّا ‘‘} A kind of splitting, that is, We split the earth in a wondrous manner. The sprout that emerges from the seed could never come out of the earth by itself; We placed in the earth the necessary softness and moisture, and in the seed this power, so that it split the earth and came out.
