Quran-84:19 Surah Al-inshiqaq English Translation,Transliteration and Tafsir(Tafseer).

لَتَرۡكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٖ

Transliteration:( Latarkabunna tabaqan 'an tabaq )

19. You will certainly [15] march by one stage to another. (Kanzul Imaan Translation)

(19) [That] you will surely embark upon [i.e., experience] state after state.[1893] (Saheen International Translation)

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Surah Al-Inshiqaq Ayat 19 Tafsir (Commentry)



  • Tafseer-e-Naeemi (Ahmad Yaar Khan)
  • Ibn Kathir
  • Ala-Madudi
  • Shaheen International

19. You Will Certainly March by One Stage to Another

📖 Tafseer (Commentary) of Ayah 84:19

🔹 In this verse, the address is either to the Holy Prophet ﷺ, meaning:
✅ O My Beloved, you will always attain higher spiritual ranks, with no limit to your progress.
✅ The Holy Prophet ﷺ is the greatest reflection of Allah Almighty’s attributes, and since Allah is ever-glorious and manifests new splendor every day (Surah 55: Verse 29), the Holy Prophet ﷺ too is in constant elevation.

🔹 Alternatively, the address could be to the Companions (رضي الله عنهم), implying:
✅ You have already passed through various stages in life, and ahead lie the stages of death, the grave, resurrection, and accountability.

Ibn-Kathir

The tafsir of Surah Inshiqaq verse 19 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Inshiqaq ayat 16 which provides the complete commentary from verse 16 through 25.


Ala-Maududi

(84:19) you shall proceed onwards from stage to stage.[11]


11. That is, you will not remain in one and the same state, but will have to pass through countless stages gradually, from youth to old age, from old age to death, from death to barzakh (the intermediary state between death and Resurrection), from barzakh to Resurrection, from Resurrection to the Plain of Assembly, then to the Reckoning, and then to the meting out of rewards and punishments. An oath has been sworn by three things to confine this:

(1) By the twilight.

(2) By the darkness of night and the gathering together in it of all those human beings and animals who remain scattered in the day time.

(3) By the moon’s passing through different phases to become full. These are some of those things which testify that rest and stillness is unknown in the universe in which man lives. There is a continuous and gradual change taking place everywhere. Therefore, the disbelievers are wrong in thinking that life comes to an end after man has breathed his last.

(19) [That] you will surely embark upon [i.e., experience] state after state.[1893]

[1893]- i.e., various stages, both in this life and in the Hereafter.

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