The Splitting (Al-Inshiqaaq)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
۞ When the heaven is split asunder, 1 And it listens to the command of its Lord – and that befits it. 2 when the earth flattens out, 3 And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty, 4 And attentive to her Lord in fear! 5 Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence). 6 Whoever is given the Record in his right hand 7 will be easy, 8 And he will turn to his people, rejoicing! 9 But he who is given his ledger from behind his back 10 He will invoke (his) destruction, 11 And he shall roast into a Blaze. 12 Once, he lived joyfully among his family 13 Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to Us)! 14 Yea! his Lord had ever been beholding him. 15 I do not need to swear by the sunset, 16 by the night and what it covers, 17 And the Moon in her fullness: 18 Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage. 19 Then what ails them, that they believe not, 20 And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]? ۩ 21 But those who have disbelieved deny, 22 and Allah knows very well what they gather. 23 Wherefore announce thou unto them a torment afflictive. 24 Except those who believe and do the right: For them there is reward unending. 25