The Splitting (Al-Inshiqaaq)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
۞ WHEN THE SKY is cleft asunder, 1 And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, and it must needs (do so);- 2 when the earth is stretched out 3 and casts forth what is in it, and voids itself, 4 And hearkens to its Lord and is dutiful, 5 O man, indeed you have to surely run towards your Lord, and to meet him. 6 Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand, 7 He truly will receive an easy reckoning 8 And he shall go back to his people joyful. 9 But whoso is given his account behind his back, 10 he shall call for destruction 11 and will enter the Blazing Fire. 12 Indeed he used to rejoice in his home. 13 and surely thought he would never return (to his Lord). 14 But he will indeed! His Lord was ever watching him. 15 I do not need to swear by the sunset, 16 and the night, and what it [step by step] unfolds, 17 And [by] the moon when it becomes full 18 That you shall most certainly enter one state after another. 19 What is the matter with them that they do not accept faith? 20 And when the Qur’an is recited to them, they do not fall prostrate? (Command of Prostration # 13) ۩ 21 Nay, but the unbelievers are crying lies, 22 and God knows very well what they are secreting. 23 So announce to them a painful torment. 24 unless it be such [of them] as [repent, and] attain to faith, and do good works; for theirs shall be a reward unending! 25