The Splitting (Al-Inshiqaaq)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
۞ When the heaven is split asunder 1 And hearkens to its Lord and is dutiful, 2 And when the earth is flattened out, 3 and casts forth what is in it, and voids itself, 4 and obeys its Lord as it must, 5 O human, you are working hard towards your Lord and you will meet Him. 6 Whoever is given the Record in his right hand 7 shall have an easy reckoning 8 And will return to his people full of joy. 9 But he who is given his Record behind his back,- 10 He surely will invoke destruction 11 They will suffer the heat of hell fire. 12 He verily lived joyous with his folk, 13 for, behold, he never thought that he would have to return [to God]. 14 Why not? His Lord was always watching him. 15 So I swear by the twilight glow 16 and by the night and what it enfolds, 17 And the moon when at the full, 18 You will surely go up level by level. 19 So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe, 20 and when the Koran is recited to them they do not bow? ۩ 21 Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth. 22 And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves. 23 (Muhammad), tell them that they will all suffer a painful torment 24 But those who believe and work righteous works, theirs shall be a hire unending. 25